The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
INTERVAL
interval, separation
(noun) the distance between things; “fragile items require separation and cushioning”
interval
(noun) a set containing all points (or all real numbers) between two given endpoints
interval, musical interval
(noun) the difference in pitch between two notes
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
interval (plural intervals)
A distance in space.
A period of time.
(music) The difference (a ratio or logarithmic measure) in pitch between two notes, often referring to those two pitches themselves (otherwise known as a dyad).
(mathematics) A connected section of the real line which may be empty or have a length of zero.
(chiefly, British) An intermission.
(sports) half time, a scheduled intermission between the periods of play
(cricket) Either of the two breaks, at lunch and tea, between the three sessions of a day's play
Hyponyms
• (mathematics): open interval, half-open interval, closed interval, sub-interval/subinterval,
Source: Wiktionary
In"ter*val, n. Etym: [L. intervallum; inter between + vallum a wall: cf. F. intervalle. See Wall.]
1. A space between things; a void space intervening between any two objects; as, an interval between two houses or hills. 'Twixt host and host but narrow space was left, A dreadful interval. Milton.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. (Mus.)
Definition: Difference in pitch between any two tones. At intervals, coming or happening with intervals between; now and then. "And Miriam watch'd and dozed at intervals." Tennyson.
– Augmented interval (Mus.), an interval increased by half a step or half a tone.
In"ter*val, In"ter*vale, n.
Definition: A tract of low ground between hills, or along the banks of a stream, usually alluvial land, enriched by the overflowings of the river, or by fertilizing deposits of earth from the adjacent hills. Cf. Bottom, n., 7. [Local, U. S.] The woody intervale just beyond the marshy land. The Century.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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