interval

noun7

1. •
   A period of time.
2. •
   (UK, India) An intermission.
3. •
   half time, a scheduled intermission between the periods of play.

   • Spain made three substitutions at the interval, sending on former Arsenal captain Fabregas, Chelsea's Juan Mata and Liverpool keeper Pepe Reina for Xavi, David Silva and Casillas. — 2011
4. •
   Either of the two breaks, at lunch and tea, between the three sessions of a day's play.
5. •
   The difference (a ratio or logarithmic measure) in pitch between two notes, often referring to those two pitches themselves (otherwise known as a dyad).
6. •
   A connected section of the real line which may be empty or have a length of zero.
7. •
   A distance in space.

   • 'Twixt host and host but narrow space was left, / A dreadful interval. — 1667