How to spell interval

Interval is spelled I-N-T-E-R-V-A-L.

hear itin·ter·val/'ɪntərvəl/nounPrefixes and work

What it means: A period of time between two events.

In a sentence: There was a short interval between the two songs.

Same family: intervals, intervening, intermediate, distance, gap. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Interval” comes from Latin roots meaning “between the walls” or “a space between things.” Over time, musicians borrowed the word to describe the ‘space’ in pitch between two notes.

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