- interruption
- noun see interrupt I
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interruption — [ ɛ̃terypsjɔ̃ ] n. f. • XIVe; lat. imp. interruptio 1 ♦ Action d interrompre; état de ce qui est interrompu. ⇒ arrêt, cessation, discontinuation (cf. Solution de continuité). Interruption d un travail. ⇒ pause, suspension. Interruption des… … Encyclopédie Universelle
interruption — UK US /ˌɪntəˈrʌpʃən/ noun [C or U] ► an occasion when someone or something stops something from happening for a short period: constant/frequent interruptions »He found he worked better at home without the constant interruptions of his staff. ► an … Financial and business terms
interruption — I noun abeyance, armistice, arrest, bar, block, break, cessation, check, clog, deadlock, delay, disconnection, discontinuance, disjunction, dissolution, disunion, gap, halt, hiatus, hindrance, impediment, intercapedo, interception, interference,… … Law dictionary
interruption — Interruption, Interruptio. Par interruption, Interrupte. Interruption d an et jour, Faute de poursuite par an et jour, Eremodicum anniculum. B. Se faire relever d interruption ou peremption d instance, Diplomate litem hiulcam sarcire. B.… … Thresor de la langue françoyse
interruption — Interruption. s. f. v. Action d interrompre. L interruption qu on luy a faite l a troublé dans son discours. l interruption est venuë mal à propos. interruption de travail. l interruption du commerce … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
interruption — (n.) late 14c., a break of continuity, from O.Fr. interrupcion and directly from L. interruptionem (nom. interruptio) a breaking off, interruption, interval, noun of action from pp. stem of interrumpere (see INTERRUPT (Cf. interrupt)). Meaning a… … Etymology dictionary
Interruption — (lat.), Unterbrechung, Störung … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
Interruption — Interruption,die:⇨Unterbrechung(1) … Das Wörterbuch der Synonyme
interruption — фр. [энтэрюпсьо/н] interruzione ит. [интэрруцио/нэ] перерыв, прекращение … Словарь иностранных музыкальных терминов
interruption — *break, gap, interval, interim, hiatus, lacuna Analogous words: *pause, recess, respite, lull, intermission: *breach, rupture, rent, split, rift … New Dictionary of Synonyms
