Part 5998

<hw>In`ter*rupt"</hw>, <tt>p. a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>interruptus</ets>, p. p.]</ety> <def>Broken; interrupted.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Interrupted</h1> <Xpage=780>

<hw>In`ter*rupt"ed</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Broken; intermitted; suddenly stopped.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Irregular; -- said of any arrangement whose symmetry is destroyed by local causes, as when leaflets are interposed among the leaves in a pinnate leaf.</def>

<h1>Interruptedly</h1> <Xpage=780>

<hw>In`ter*rupt"ed*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>With breaks or interruptions; discontinuously.</def>

<cs><col>Interruptedly pinnate</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>pinnate with small leaflets intermixed with large ones.</cd></cs>

<i>Gray.</i>

<h1>Interrupter</h1> <Xpage=780>

<hw>In`ter*rupt"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who, or that which, interrupts.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Elec.)</fld> <def>A device for opening and closing an electrical circuit; a vibrating spring or tuning fork, arranged to make and break a circuit at rapidly recurring intervals, by the action of the current itself.</def>

<h1>Interruption</h1> <Xpage=780>

<hw>In`ter*rup"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>interruptio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>interruption</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of interrupting, or breaking in upon.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The state of being interrupted; a breach or break, caused by the abrupt intervention of something foreign; intervention; interposition.</def>

<i>Sir M. Hale.</i>

<blockquote>Lest the <b>interruption</b> of time cause you to lose the idea of one part. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Obstruction caused by breaking in upon course, current, progress, or motion; stop; hindrance; <as>as, the author has met with many <ex>interruptions</ex> in the execution of his work; the speaker or the argument proceeds without <ex>interruption</ex>.</as></def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Temporary cessation; intermission; suspension.</def>

<h1>Interruptive</h1> <Xpage=780>

<hw>In`ter*rupt"ive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Tending to interrupt; interrupting.</def> "<i>Interruptive</i> forces." <i>H. Bushnell</i>. -- <wordforms><wf>In`ter*rupt"ive*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Interscapular</h1> <Xpage=780>

<hw>In`ter*scap"u*lar</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Between the scapul\'91 or shoulder blades.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to the upper back, or the part between the shoulders; <as>as, the <ex>interscapular</ex> feathers</as>.</def>

<h1>Interscapulars</h1> <Xpage=780>

<hw>In`ter*scap"u*lars</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The interscapular feathers of a bird.</def>

<h1>Interscendent</h1> <Xpage=780>