Hypertext Webster Gateway: "disruption"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Disruption \Dis*rup"tion\, n. [L. disruptio, diruptio.]
The act or rending asunder, or the state of being rent
asunder or broken in pieces; breach; rent; dilaceration;
rupture; as, the disruption of rocks in an earthquake;
disruption of a state.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
disruption
n 1: an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity; "it was
presented without commercial breaks" [syn: {break}, {interruption},
{gap}]
2: a disorderly outburst or tumult; "they were amazed by the
furious disturbance they had caused" [syn: {disturbance},
{commotion}, {turmoil}, {stir}, {flutter}, {hurly burly},
{to-do}]
3: an event that results in a displacement or discontinuity
[syn: {dislocation}]
4: the act of causing disorder [syn: {perturbation}]
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