单词 | interval |
释义 | in·ter·val ![]() n. Idiom: 1. A space between objects, points, or units, especially when making uniform amounts of separation: We set up hurdles at intervals of 15 yards around the track. 2. An amount of time between events, especially of uniform duration separating events in a series: We ran laps at 30-second intervals. 3. A segment of an athletic workout in which an athlete runs, swims, or does other exercise over a series of predetermined distances at regular time increments with intermittent rests. 4. Mathematics a. A set of numbers consisting of all the numbers between a pair of given numbers along with either, both, or none of the endpoints. b. A closed interval. c. An open interval. d. A half-open interval. e. A line segment representing the set of numbers in an interval. 5. Chiefly British An intermission, as between acts of a play. 6. Music The difference, usually expressed in the number of steps, between two pitches. at intervals In a series separated by space or time: trees planted at intervals; coughing at intervals. [Middle English intervalle, from Old French, from Latin intervallum : inter-, inter- + vallum, rampart.] in′ter·valic, in′ter·vallic (-vălĭk) adj. |
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