intervals
IN-tur-vulz/ˈɪntɚvəlz/UKIN-tuh-vulz/ˈɪntəvəlz/
- 1Plural of interval.
Samples were collected at fixed intervals over several weeks.
Streetlights were spaced at even intervals along the highway.
Note
A regular plural that carries every meaning of the singular: gaps in space, stretches of time, the pitch distances between notes in music, and connected sections of the real line in mathematics. In British and Indian English it can also mean intermissions, and in sport the breaks between periods of play. The commonest frame is at + adjective + intervals: at fixed, even or regular intervals.
intervals is a form of interval
interval, noun: A length or period of time between two points or events. Full entry
- Forms
- intervalintervals plural
- Spelling
- interval → intervals: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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