Interruption

·noun The act of interrupting, or breaking in upon.

II. Interruption ·noun Temporary cessation; intermission; suspension.

III. Interruption ·noun The state of being interrupted; a breach or break, caused by the abrupt intervention of something foreign; intervention; interposition.

IV. Interruption ·noun 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.