Cessation for a time; an intervening period of time; an interval; a temporary pause; as, to labor without intermission; an intermission of ten minutes.
The short period between acts of a play, concert, opera, or other public performance when the audience may leave their seats for refreshment; -- it usually lasts from 10 to 20 minutes.
The temporary cessation or subsidence of a fever; the space of time between the paroxysms of a disease. Intermission is an entire cessation, as distinguished from remission, or abatement of fever.
A break taken during the event.
A break between acts of an opera. The lights go on, and the audience is free to move around. Intermissions usually last about twenty minutes.
The break during a show, between acts.
In England, "interval"; a pause in the action, marked by a fall of the curtain or a fade-out of the stage lights, during which the audience may leave their seats for a short time, usually ten or fifteen minutes. Intermissions divide the play into separate acts.
the break the judge gives everyone during a trial.
a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
A break in the middle of a live performance, usually lasting 10 to 15 minutes, during which the audience can leave their seats.
a fifteen-minute recess between each of the three periods of a hockey game.
A break between acts or scenes of the play to allow for set changes, and for the audience to go to the bathroom, stretch and buy concessions.
A short break, usually mid-way or between acts, to give the audience, actors, and technical crew a time-out
the 5-minute rest period between periods of a game.
An intermission or interval is a break between two performances or sessions, in events such as a theatrical play, opera or musical concert. Sometimes there is also an intermission (break) in the showing of a film, in particular if it is a long film. A play or opera may have several intermissions, depending on its length.