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Complement and Interval

noun

  • A word or phrase used to complete a grammatical construction.
  • A complete number or quantity.
    • usage: "a full complement"
  • Number needed to make up a whole force.
    • usage: "a full complement of workers"
  • Something added to complete or embellish or make perfect.
    • usage: "a fine wine is a perfect complement to the dinner"; "wild rice was served as an accompaniment to the main dish"
  • One of a series of enzymes in the blood serum that are part of the immune response.
  • Either of two parts that mutually complete each other.

verb

  • Make complete or perfect; supply what is wanting or form the complement to.
    • usage: "I need some pepper to complement the sweet touch in the soup"

noun

  • A definite length of time marked off by two instants.
  • A set containing all points (or all real numbers) between two given endpoints.
  • The distance between things.
    • usage: "fragile items require separation and cushioning"
  • The difference in pitch between two notes.
  • (n.) Difference in pitch between any two tones.
  • (n.) A brief space of time between the recurrence of similar conditions or states; as, the interval between paroxysms of pain; intervals of sanity or delirium.
  • (n.) Space of time between any two points or events; as, the interval between the death of Charles I. of England, and the accession of Charles II.
  • (n.) Alternative of Intervale.
  • (n.) A space between things; a void space intervening between any two objects; as, an interval between two houses or hills.
(DoD, NATO) The space between adjacent aircraft measured from front to rear in units of time or distance.
(DoD, NATO) The time lapse between photographic exposures.
(DoD, NATO) At battery right or left, an interval ordered in seconds is the time between one gun firing and the next gun firing. Five seconds is the standard interval.
(DoD, NATO) The space between adjacent individuals, ground vehicles, or units in a formation that are placed side by side, measured abreast.
(DoD, NATO) The space between adjacent groups of ships or boats measured in any direction between the corresponding ships or boats in each group.
(DoD, NATO) At rounds of fire for effect the interval is the time in seconds between successive rounds from each gun.

Interval is the annual period of time that you are allotted at the time share property.