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Webster 1913 Edition
Intermission
1.
The act or the state of intermitting; the state of being neglected or disused; disuse; discontinuance.
B. Jonson.
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.Rest or
intermission
none I find. Milton.
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.
Syn. – Cessation; interruption; interval; pause; stop; rest; suspension. See
Cessation
. Webster 1828 Edition
Intermission
INTERMIS'SION
,Noun.
1.
Cessation for a time; pause; intermediate stop; as, to labor without intermission; service or business will begin after an intermission of one hour.2.
Intervenient time.3.
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.4.
The state of being neglected; disuse; as of words. [Little used.]Definition 2024
intermission
intermission
English
Noun
intermission (plural intermissions)
- A break between two performances or sessions, such as at a concert, play, seminar, or religious assembly.
Translations
break between performances or sessions
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