In"ter*val (?), n. [L.
intervallum; inter between + vallum a wall: cf.
F. intervalle. See Wall.]
1. A space between things; a void space
intervening between any two objects; as, an interval between
two houses or hills.
'Twixt host and host but narrow space was left,
A dreadful interval.
Milton.
2. Space of time between any two points or
events; as, the interval between the death of Charles I. of
England, and the accession of Charles II.
3. A brief space of time between the
recurrence of similar conditions or states; as, the interval
between paroxysms of pain; intervals of sanity or
delirium.
4. (Mus.) Difference in pitch between
any two tones.
At intervals, coming or happening with
intervals between; now and then. "And Miriam watch'd and dozed
at intervals." Tennyson. -- Augmented
interval (Mus.), an interval increased by half a
step or half a tone.
{ In"ter*val (?), In"ter*vale (?), }
n. A tract of low ground between hills, or
along the banks of a stream, usually alluvial land, enriched by the
overflowings of the river, or by fertilizing deposits of earth from
the adjacent hills. Cf. Bottom, n.,
7. [Local, U. S.]
The woody intervale just beyond the marshy
land.
The Century.
