intermission
nounUS /ɪntɚˈmɪʃən/
Etymology Derived from Latin intermissiō, from intermittō (“interrupt, omit”) + -tiō.
1
A break, especially between two performances or sessions, such as at a concert, play, seminar, or religious assembly.
- We ordered some drinks for the intermission.
- The line turns a sharp right-angle to the north to circumvent the town, and then plunges straight into the 1 in 50, which lasts for nearly 20 miles with few intermissions, and some pitches of 1 in 40.1950 April, Timothy H. Cobb, “The Kenya-Uganda Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 265:
- Derived terms
- intermissionless, preintermission
- Related terms
- intermit, intermittent