time interval

1. 1.

   a definite length of time marked off by two instants

   Synonymsinterval

   Broadermeasure

   Narroweraccess timedistanceembolismseek timetime constanttime slotlunitidal intervalabsencepauseinterlude

Questions about time interval

What does time interval mean?

time interval means "a definite length of time marked off by two instants".

What is another word for time interval?

Close synonyms include interval. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is time interval a common word?

time interval is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.