'Interruption' definitions:
Definition of 'interruption'
(from WordNet)
noun
An act of delaying or interrupting the continuity; "it was presented without commercial breaks"; "there was a gap in his account" [syn: break, interruption, disruption, gap]
noun
Some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity; "the telephone is an annoying interruption"; "there was a break in the action when a player was hurt" [syn: interruption, break]
noun
A time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something [syn: pause, intermission, break, interruption, suspension]
Definition of 'Interruption'
From: GCIDE
- Interruption \In`ter*rup"tion\, n. [L. interruptio: cf. F. interruption.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. The act of interrupting, or breaking in upon. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The state of being interrupted; a breach or break, caused by the abrupt intervention of something foreign; intervention; interposition. --Sir M. Hale. [1913 Webster]
- Lest the interruption of time cause you to lose the idea of one part. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Obstruction caused by breaking in upon course, current, progress, or motion; stop; hindrance; as, the author has met with many interruptions in the execution of his work; the speaker or the argument proceeds without interruption. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Temporary cessation; intermission; suspension. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'interruption'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abeyance,
- arrest,
- arrestation,
- arrestment,
- blockage,
- blocking,
- breach,
- break,
- caesura,
- cease,
- cease-fire,
- ceasing,
- cessation,
- check,
- clearance,
- clogging,
- closing up,
- closure,
- coffee break,
- cold storage,
- constriction,
- cramp,
- day off,
- delay,
- detainment,
- detention,
- discontinuity,
- disruption,
- distance between,
- disturbance,
- doldrums,
- dormancy,
- double space,
- downtime,
- drop,
- em space,
- en space,
- encroachment,
- entrance,
- entrenchment,
- fissure,
- fixation,
- foot-dragging,
- freeboard,
- gap,
- hair space,
- half space,
- half time,
- half-time intermission,
- hampering,
- hesitation,
- hiatus,
- hindering,
- hindrance,
- holdback,
- holdup,
- holiday,
- impediment,
- impingement,
- imposition,
- impropriety,
- inappropriateness,
- inauspiciousness,
- inconvenience,
- incursion,
- inexpedience,
- infelicity,
- infiltration,
- influx,
- infringement,
- inhibition,
- injection,
- inopportuneness,
- inopportunity,
- inroad,
- insinuation,
- intempestivity,
- interference,
- interim,
- interjection,
- interloping,
- interlude,
- intermediate space,
- intermezzo,
- intermission,
- intermittence,
- interposition,
- interposure,
- interregnum,
- interspace,
- interstice,
- interval,
- intervention,
- intrusion,
- invasion,
- irrelevance,
- irruption,
- jump,
- lacuna,
- lapse,
- latency,
- lateness,
- layoff,
- leap,
- leeway,
- let,
- letup,
- lull,
- margin,
- negativism,
- nuisance value,
- obstruction,
- obstructionism,
- obtrusion,
- occlusion,
- off-time,
- opposition,
- pause,
- plateau,
- point of repose,
- prematurity,
- quiescence,
- quiescency,
- quiet spell,
- recess,
- relief,
- remission,
- rent,
- repression,
- resistance,
- respite,
- rest,
- resting point,
- restraint,
- restriction,
- retardation,
- retardment,
- rift,
- room,
- rupture,
- setback,
- single space,
- space,
- space between,
- split,
- squeeze,
- stand-down,
- stay,
- stop,
- stopping,
- stranglehold,
- stricture,
- suppression,
- surcease,
- suspension,
- time interval,
- time off,
- time out,
- trespass,
- trespassing,
- truce,
- unfavorableness,
- unfitness,
- unfittingness,
- unfortunateness,
- unlawful entry,
- unpropitiousness,
- unripeness,
- unseasonableness,
- unsuitability,
- untimeliness,
- vacation,
- wrongness