time intervals
Segments of duration
Time intervals are spans between two points in time, or the duration of a period.
Scientists measure time intervals in milliseconds or centuries; musicians keep time intervals between beats.
The phrase often appears in technical contexts: The medication should be taken at regular time intervals.
Data was collected at fifteen-minute time intervals throughout the day.
- split secondInfinitesimal unit of time
- day24-hour period
- durationLength of existence
- fortnightFourteen-day span
- calendar monthNamed yearly division
year · semester · century · decade · lunar cycles · periodicity · epoch · second · solar year · circadian rhythms · minute · half hour · tidal cycles · quarter · hour · golden hour · lunch break · week
- transit schedulestimetable, timetables, train schedules, bus schedule, departures
- longitudinal researchfollow-up study, waves, growth curve, trajectories, attrition
- timekeepingclock, watch, watches, clocks, timer
time intervalsinstants
Infinitesimal time spans
moments · points in time · split seconds · now · nanoseconds
time intervalseternity
Boundless temporal existence
infinity · timelessness · perpetuity · forever · the eternal