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An instrument for measuring or recording intervals of time, upon a revolving drum or strip of paper moved by clockwork. The action of the stylus or pen is controlled by electricity.

An instrument for measuring minute intervals of time; used in determining the velocity of projectiles, the duration of short-lived luminous phenomena, etc.

A diversity of colors in yarn, recurring at regular intervals. Knight.

A series or range of columns placed at regular intervals with all the adjuncts, as entablature, stylobate, roof, etc.

ome to time. (a) (Prize Fighting) To come forward in order to resume the contest when the interval allowed for rest is over and "time" is called; hence: (b) To keep an appointment; to meet expectations. [Colloq.] -- To come together. (a) To meet for business, worship, etc.; to assemble. Acts i. 6. (b) To live together…

A small interval (the difference beyween a major and minor half step), seldom used except by tuners. Comma bacillus (Physiol.), a variety of bacillus shaped like a comma, found in the intestines of patients suffering from cholera. It is considered by some as having a special relation to the disease; -- called also chol…

The interval wanting to complete the octave; -- the fourth is the complement of the fifth, the sixth of the third.

; not independent; not absolute. Under these, thought is possible only in the conditioned interval. Sir W. Hamilton.

ne another in a regular order; successive; uninterrupted in course or succession; with no interval or break; as, fifty consecutive years.

laying out township in the government lands of the United States. The adoption at certain intervals of a correction line is necessitated by the convergence of of meridians, and the statute requirement that the townships must be squares. -- House of correction, a house where disorderly persons are confined; a bridewell…

The interval by which the curtate distance of a planet is less than the true distance.

An interval of time in which a certain succession of events or phenomena is completed, and then returns again and again, uniformly and continually in the same order; a periodical space of time marked by the recurrence of something peculiar; as, the cucle of the seasons, or of the year. Wages . . . bear a full proportio…

The line drawn through a figure in the thorough bass, as a direction to raise the interval a semitone.

The time of light, or interval between one night and the next; the time between sunrise and sunset, or from dawn to darkness; hence, the light; sunshine.

Falling off, or subject to fall or be shed, at a certain season, or a certain stage or interval of growth, as leaves (except of evergreens) in autumn, or as parts of animals, such as hair, teeth, antlers, etc.; also, shedding leaves or parts at certain seasons, stages, or intervals; as, deciduous trees; the deciduous m…

atness; limited; fixed; as, definite dimensions; a definite measure; a definite period or interval. Elements combine in definite proportions. Whewell.

A division, space, or interval, marked on a mathematical or other instrument, as on a thermometer.

The octave, or interval which includes all the tones of the diatonic scale.

The interval of the fifth.

Intervening space; interval.