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interval

[in-ter-vuhl] / ˈɪn tər vəl /


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In a study published in the journal Nature, Virginia Tech geobiologist Shuhai Xiao and his collaborators describe a 550 million-year-old sea sponge fossil that falls squarely within this missing interval.

From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 2026

Smartphones “have made it possible to fill in, immediately, an interval of emptiness.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

Manchester City demolished Liverpool in an 18-minute period which spanned the half-time break, scoring twice either side of the interval following an evenly matched opening half an hour.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

The Private Shares Fund, a closed-end interval fund, is another way to invest in SpaceX.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

Tunings that are slightly off from the pure interval, however, will result in a combined wave that has an extra bumpiness in it.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones




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