Hypertext Webster Gateway: "interruption"
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) 1.7 (wn)
interruption
n 1: an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity; "it was
presented without commercial breaks" [syn: {break}, {disruption},
{gap}]
2: some abrupt occurrence that interrupts; "the telephone is an
annoying interruption"; "there was a break in the action
when a player was hurt" [syn: {break}]
3: a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation
of something [syn: {pause}, {intermission}, {break}, {suspension}]
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