Third-person singular simple present indicative form of intervent

A distance in space. / A period of time. / (music) The difference (a ratio or logarithmic measure) in pitch between two notes, often referring to those two pitches themselves (otherwise known as a dyad).

plural of interval

present participle of intervent

simple past tense and past participle of intervent

(obsolete) To thwart; to obstruct.

At or by intervals; periodically

(music) An interval measured by the distance between its two pitch classes ordered so they are as close as possible.

(music) That which unfolds a single recurrent interval in a series that closes with a return to the initial pitch class.

(mathematics) the interval [0,1], that is the set of all real numbers x such that zero is less than or equal to x and x is less than or equal to one / (telecommunications) symbol duration time.