intermission

Derived from Latin intermissiō, from intermittō (“interrupt, omit”) + -tiō.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɪntɚˈmɪʃən/

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• Rhymes: -ɪʃən

intermission (plural intermissions)

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.

   • 1950 April, Timothy H. Cobb, “The Kenya-Uganda Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 265:

     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.

• intermit
• intermittent

• misinsertion, nitrosimines