Noun

(en noun)

A distance in space.

* Milton

'Twixt host and host but narrow space was left, / A dreadful interval .

A period of time.

the interval between contractions during childbirth

(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).

(mathematics) A connected section of the real line which may be empty or have a length of zero.

(chiefly, British) An intermission.

(sports) half time, a scheduled intermission between the periods of play

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(cricket) Either of the two breaks, at lunch and tea, between the three sessions of a day's play

Noun

(en noun)

A structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons, or as a memorial; a commemoration.

There is a monument on the town green to the soldiers who died in World War I.

An important site owned by the community as a whole.

An exceptional or proud achievement.

An important burial vault or tomb.

A legal document.

A surveying reference point marked by a permanently fixed marker (a survey monument).