interval

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Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

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Definition

  1. noun a definite length of time marked off by two instants
  2. noun a set containing all points (or all real numbers) between two given endpoints
  3. noun the distance between things

Etymology

From Middle English interval, intervalle, from Old French intervalle, entreval, from Latin intervallum (“space between, interval, distance, interval of time, pause, difference; literally, space between two palisades or walls”), from inter (“between”) + vallum (“palisade, wall”).

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Synonyms

time interval

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