The act of interrupting, or breaking in upon.

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

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.

an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity; "it was presented without commercial breaks"

some abrupt occurrence that interrupts; "the telephone is an annoying interruption"; "there was a break in the action when a player was hurt"

a formal break, usually of one month or longer, in your course of study

a formal break, usually of several months, in your course of study

Unterbrechung A form of the fundamental structure in which there is a break after followed by a return to the primary tone more...