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Clarifies that a Metric Monitor interval is the aggregation window, not simply how often Sentry checks the monitor. For percentage change monitors, it defines both the current and comparison period durations. It also notes that longer windows may use a less frequent evaluation cadence.

This wording follows the implementation in getsentry/sentry: time_window controls the aggregation period, while resolution independently controls evaluation frequency and becomes coarser for larger windows. Percentage change monitors query both current and comparison windows and use a doubled resolution.

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Requested by Nick Meisenheimer.

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