Definition of interruption

• n. - The act of interrupting, or breaking in upon.
• n. - The state of being interrupted; a breach or break, caused by the abrupt intervention of something foreign; intervention; interposition.
• n. - 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.
• n. - Temporary cessation; intermission; suspension.