intervallic

English

Alternative forms

intervalic [19th century]

Etymology

intervall(um) +‎ -ic

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) enPR: ĭntərvăʹlĭk, IPA^(key): /ɪntəˈvælɪk/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˌɪntɚˈvælɪk/

Adjective

intervallic (comparative more intervallic, superlative most intervallic)

(chiefly music) Of, or pertaining to, intervals.
- 1979, Joel Flegler, Fanfare, volume 3, issues 1–3, page 161 (self-published)
  The two Integrations of 1967 are the most intervallic of the selections here, emphasizing minor ninths and “minor” fifths (13 quarter tones), and, in the second Integration, setting up simultaneous “rotations” of descending and ascending “minor” fifths.

References

“intervallic, a.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]

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