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interruption::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | break, disruption, gap |
| Type of | holdup, delay |
| Has types | cut-in, insert, interjection, abruption, breaking off, interpolation, interpellation, barracking, heckling, interposition |
| Derivation | interrupt |
interruption::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | break, intermission, pause, suspension |
| Type of | time interval, interval |
| Has types | wait, blackout, caesura, dead air, delay, halftime, hold, lapse, letup, lull, postponement, relief, respite, rest, rest period, time-out, time lag |
interruption::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | break |
| Type of | occurrent, happening, natural event, occurrence |
| Has types | hiatus, occultation, eclipse, disruption, reprieve, respite, suspension, abatement, punctuation, dislocation |
the telephone is an annoying interruption.
Examples of interruption
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Gerrard will have to wait another day to impart his advice without interruption.
From the guardian.co.uk
Your direct deposits and automatic transfers will continue without interruption.
From the dispatch.com
This kind of controlled interruption may represent a kind of ideal, Nelson said.
From the sfgate.com
Contingent business interruption insurance extends that protection to suppliers.
From the businessweek.com
We are currently experiencing a service interruption in our Dallas data center.
From the techcrunch.com
This means they can oxidise, causing an interruption of the electrical circuit.
From the newscientist.com
An interruption of supply from the Persian Gulf will raise oil prices globally.
From the battleland.blogs.time.com
No major oil producer can afford a lengthy interruption in cash from its exports.
From the dispatchpolitics.com
Career firefighters will staff the two stations in the area without interruption.
From the washingtonpost.com
- Break: an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity; "it was presented without commercial breaks"; "there was a gap in his account"
- Some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity; "the telephone is an annoying interruption"; "there was a break in the action when a player was hurt"
- Pause: a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
- (interrupted) discontinued temporarily; "we resumed the interrupted discussion"
- (interrupted) fitful: intermittently stopping and starting; "fitful (or interrupted) sleep"; "off-and-on static"
- In computing, an interrupt is an asynchronous signal indicating the need for attention or a synchronous event in software indicating the need for a change in execution.
- The technique of interruption pervades all levels of the stage work of the German modernist theatre practitioner Bertolt Brechtu2014the dramatic, theatrical and performative. At its most elemental, it is a formal treatment of material that imposes a "freeze", a "framing", or a change of direction of some kind; something that is in progress (an action, a gesture, a song, a tone) is halted in some way.
- (interruptive) Acting or tending to interrupt
- (Interruptions) Total loss of power for some period of time. Outages are caused by excessive demands on the power system, lightning strikes and accidental damage to power lines. In addition to shutting down all types of electrical equipment, outages cause unexpected data loss
