INTERVAL

n. 1 intermission, interlude, entr'acte, break, pause; recess, rest (period), period, time, wait, spell, delay, lapse The play was so bad we left in the interval After a brief interval, the lights came on again. 2 meanwhile, meantime, interim He returned later but found that in the interval she had changed her mind 3 gap, opening, space, hole, void, lacuna, distance, interstice, Architecture intercolumniation The interval between the columns is exactly three metres