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intermission
(mass) | intermission
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intermission
(encz) | intermission,pauza n: Zdeněk Brož |
intermission
(encz) | intermission,přerušení n: Zdeněk Brož |
intermission
(encz) | intermission,přestávka n: Zdeněk Brož |
Intermission
(gcide) | Intermission \In`ter*mis"sion\, n. [L. intermissio: cf. F.
intermission. See Intermit.]
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1. The act or the state of intermitting; the state of being
neglected or disused; disuse; discontinuance. --B. Jonson.
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2. Cessation for a time; an intervening period of time; an
interval; a temporary pause; as, to labor without
intermission; an intermission of ten minutes.
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Rest or intermission none I find. --Milton.
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3. Specifically: 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.
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4. (Med.) 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.
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5. Intervention; interposition. [Obs.] --Heylin.
Syn: Cessation; interruption; interval; pause; stop; rest;
suspension. See Cessation.
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intermission
(wn) | intermission
n 1: the act of suspending activity temporarily
2: a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation
of something [syn: pause, intermission, break,
interruption, suspension] |
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