Patchwork and Interval

noun

• A theory or argument made up of miscellaneous or incongruous ideas.
  • synonyms: hodgepodge, jumble
• A quilt made by sewing patches of different materials together.
  • synonyms: patchwork quilt
• Sewing consisting of pieces of different materials sewn together in a pattern. .

(n.) Work composed of pieces sewed together, especially pieces of various colors and figures; hence, anything put together of incongruous or ill-adapted parts; something irregularly clumsily composed; a thing putched up.

noun

• A definite length of time marked off by two instants.
  • synonyms: time interval
• A set containing all points (or all real numbers) between two given endpoints.
• The distance between things.
  • usage: "fragile items require separation and cushioning"
  • synonyms: separation
• The difference in pitch between two notes.
  • synonyms: musical interval

• (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.