What is the difference between interval and tenth?
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A distance in space.
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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).
(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
The ordinal form of the number ten.
The person or thing in the tenth position.
One of ten equal parts of a whole.
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, title= (music) The interval between any tone and the tone represented on the tenth degree of the staff above it, as between one of the scale and three of the octave above; the octave of the third.
(UK, legal, historical, in the plural) A temporary aid issuing out of personal property, and granted to the king by Parliament; formerly, the real tenth part of all the movables belonging to the subject.
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In context|music|lang=en terms the difference between interval and tenth
is that interval is (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) while tenth is (music) the interval between any tone and the tone represented on the tenth degree of the staff above it, as between one of the scale and three of the octave above; the octave of the third.As nouns the difference between interval and tenth
is that interval is a distance in space while tenth is the person or thing in the tenth position.As a adjective tenth is
the ordinal form of the number ten.interval
English
(wikipedia interval)Noun
(en noun)- 'Twixt host and host but narrow space was left, / A dreadful interval .
- the interval between contractions during childbirth
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Hyponyms
* (mathematics) open interval, half-open interval, closed intervalExternal links
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English
(wikipedia tenth)Adjective
(-)Synonyms
10th, 10th; (in names of monarchs and popes ) XNoun
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