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Harmonic intervalHarmonic Har*mon"ic, Harmonical Har*mon"ic*al, a. [L.
harmonicus, Gr. ?; cf. F. harmonique. See Harmony.]
1. Concordant; musical; consonant; as, harmonic sounds.
Harmonic twang! of leather, horn, and brass. --Pope.
2. (Mus.) Relating to harmony, -- as melodic relates to
melody; harmonious; esp., relating to the accessory sounds
or overtones which accompany the predominant and apparent
single tone of any string or sonorous body.
3. (Math.) Having relations or properties bearing some
resemblance to those of musical consonances; -- said of
certain numbers, ratios, proportions, points, lines.
motions, and the like.
Harmonic interval (Mus.), the distance between two notes of
a chord, or two consonant notes.
Harmonical mean (Arith. & Alg.), certain relations of
numbers and quantities, which bear an analogy to musical
consonances.
Harmonic motion, IntervalInterval In"ter*val, Intervale In"ter*vale, n.
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. IntervaleInterval In"ter*val, Intervale In"ter*vale, n.
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. Intervary
Intervary In`ter*va"ry, v. i.
To alter or vary between; to change. [Obs.] --Rush.
Interveined
Interveined In`ter*veined", a.
Intersected, as with veins.
Intervene
Intervene In`ter*vene", v. t.
To come between. [R.]
Self-sown woodlands of birch, alder, etc., intervening
the different estates. --De Quincey.
Intervene
Intervene In`ter*vene", n.
A coming between; intervention; meeting. [Obs.] --Sir H.
Wotton.
Intervener
Intervener In`ter*ven"er, n.
One who intervenes; especially (Law), a person who assumes a
part in a suit between others.
Intervenience
Intervenience In`ter*ven"ience, Interveniency
In`ter*ven"ien*cy, n.
Intervention; interposition. [R.]
Interveniency
Intervenience In`ter*ven"ience, Interveniency
In`ter*ven"ien*cy, n.
Intervention; interposition. [R.]
Intervenient
Intervenient In`ter*ven"ient, a. [L. interveniens, p. pr. of
intervenire.]
Being or coming between; intercedent; interposed. [Obs.]
--Bacon.
InterventIntervent In`ter*vent", v. t. [See Intervene.]
To thwart; to obstruct. [Obs.] --Chapman. Intervention
Intervention In`ter*ven"tion, n. [L. interventio an
interposition: cf. F. intervention.]
1. The act of intervening; interposition.
Sound is shut out by the intervention of that lax
membrane. --Holder.
2. Any interference that may affect the interests of others;
especially, of one or more states with the affairs of
another; mediation.
Let us decide our quarrels at home, without the
intervention, of any foreign power. --Sir W.
Temple.
3. (Civil Law) The act by which a third person, to protect
his own interest, interposes and becomes a party to a suit
pending between other parties.
Interventor
Interventor In`ter*ven"tor, n. [L.: cf. F. interventeur.]
One who intervenes; a mediator; especially (Eccles. Hist.), a
person designated by a church to reconcile parties, and unite
them in the choice of officers. --Coleman.
Interventricular
Interventricular In`ter*ven*tric"u*lar, a. (Anat.)
Between the ventricles; as, the interventricular partition of
the heart.
IntervenueIntervenue In`ter*ven"ue, n. [See Intervene, Avenue.]
Interposition. [Obs.] --Sir H. Blount. Intervert
Intervert In`ter*vert", v. t. [L. intervertere; inter between
+ vertere to turn.]
To turn to another course or use. [Obs.] --Sir H. Wotton.
IntervertebralIntervertebral In`ter*ver"te*bral, a. (Anat.)
Between vertebr[ae]. -- In`ter*ver"te*bral*ly, adv. IntervertebrallyIntervertebral In`ter*ver"te*bral, a. (Anat.)
Between vertebr[ae]. -- In`ter*ver"te*bral*ly, adv. Interview
Interview In"ter*view, v. t.
To have an interview with; to question or converse with,
especially for the purpose of obtaining information for
publication. [Recent]
Interviewer
Interviewer In"ter*view`er, n.
One who interviews; especially, one who obtains an interview
with another for the purpose of eliciting his opinions or
obtaining information for publication.
It would have made him the prince of interviewers in
these days. --Leslie
Stephen.
Interviewing
Interviewing In"ter*view`ing, n.
The act or custom of holding an interview or interviews.
An article on interviewing in the ``Nation' of January
28, 1869, . . . was the first formal notice of the
practice under that name. --The
American.
Intervisible
Intervisible In`ter*vis"i*ble, a. (Surv.)
Mutually visible, or in sight, the one from the other, as
stations.
Intervisit
Intervisit In`ter*vis"it, v. i.
To exchange visits. [R.] --Evelyn.
Intervocalic
Intervocalic In`ter*vo*cal"ic, a. (Phon.)
Situated between vowels; immediately preceded and followed by
vowel sounds, as, p in occupy, d in idea, etc.
Intervolution
Intervolution In`ter*vo*lu"tion, n.
The state of being intervolved or coiled up; a convolution;
as, the intervolutions of a snake. --Hawthorne.
IntervolveIntervolve In`ter*volve", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intervolved;
p. pr. & vb. n. Intervolving.] [Pref. inter- + L. volvere,
volutum, to roll.]
To involve one within another; to twist or coil together.
--Milton. IntervolvedIntervolve In`ter*volve", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intervolved;
p. pr. & vb. n. Intervolving.] [Pref. inter- + L. volvere,
volutum, to roll.]
To involve one within another; to twist or coil together.
--Milton. IntervolvingIntervolve In`ter*volve", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intervolved;
p. pr. & vb. n. Intervolving.] [Pref. inter- + L. volvere,
volutum, to roll.]
To involve one within another; to twist or coil together.
--Milton. Lunitidal intervalLunitidal Lu"ni*tid`al, a.
Pertaining to tidal movements dependent on the moon. --Bache.
Lunitidal interval. See Retard, n.
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