interval
noun
[ ˈɪntəv(ə)l ]
• an intervening time.
• "after his departure, there was an interval of many years without any meetings"
• a pause or break in activity.
• "an interval of mourning"
Similar:
intermission,
interlude,
entr'acte,
break,
recess,
pause,
gap,
lull,
respite,
half-time,
• a space between two things; a gap.
• the difference in pitch between two sounds.
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French entrevalle, based on Latin intervallum ‘space between ramparts, interval’, from inter- ‘between’ + vallum ‘rampart’.
at intervals
• with time between; not continuously.
• "the light flashed at intervals"
• with spaces between.
• "the path is marked with rocks at intervals"
