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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Interruption \In`ter*rup"tion\, n. [L. interruptio: cf F. interruption.] 1. The act of interrupting, or breaking in upon 2. The state of being interrupted; a breach or break, caused by the abrupt intervention of something foreign; intervention; interposition. --Sir M. Hale. Lest the interruption of time cause you to lose the idea of one part --Dryden. 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. 4. Temporary cessation; intermission; suspension. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: interruption n 1: an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity; "it was presented without commercial breaks" [syn: {break}, {disruption}, {gap}] 2: some occurrence that interrupts; "the telephone is an annoying interruption"; "there was a break in the action when a player was hurt" [syn: {break}, {abrupt change}] 3: a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something [syn: {pause}, {intermission}, {break}, {suspension}]
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