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subinterval

noun

subinterval is a noun meaning “Any of several smaller intervals into which a larger one is divided” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled S-U-B-I-N-T-E-R-V-A-L, and it appears about once in every 93 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of subinterval is subintervals.

What does subinterval mean?

noun

  1. 1

    Any of several smaller intervals into which a larger one is divided

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Forms of subinterval

  • subintervals plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How common is subinterval?

Subinterval appears about once in every 93 million words in written English, the 309,272nd most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

Where does subinterval come from?

From sub- + interval.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).