Ĭn′ter-rŭp′tion, n.
n. [Lat. interruptio, Fr. interruption, Sp. interrupcion, It. interruzione.]
- The act of interrupting, or breaking in upon.
- A breach or break, caused by the abrupt intervention of something foreign; intervention; interposition; as, an isle separated from the continent by the interruption of the sea. [Obs.] Hale.
Lest the interruption of time cause you to lose the idea of one part. Dryden.
- Obstruction caused by breaking in upon any course, current, progress, or motion; stop; hinderance; as, the author has met with many interruptions in the execution of his work; the speaker or the argument proceeds without interruption.
- Stop; cessation; intermission. “Interruption in the course of our reading.” Locke.