interval Definition

interval
noun

1. A period of time between two events.

Thesaurus: interim, pause, interlude, break, period, gap, space, hiatus, intermission, term, wait.
2. A space or distance between two things.
(Brit)
3. A short break between the acts of a play or opera, or between parts of a concert or long film.
4. music.
The difference in pitch between two notes or tones.

Idiom: at intervals

Here and there; now and then.

With a stated distance in time or space between.
Example: at intervals of ten minutes

Etymology: 13c: from Latin intervallum space between pallisades.