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English Dictionary: intermission	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for intermission
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
intermission n the act of suspending activity temporarily a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something Synonym(s): pause, intermission, break, interruption, suspension
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Intermission \In`termis"sion\, n. [L. intermissio: cf. F. intermission. See {Intermit}.] 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. 3. (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. 4. Intervention; interposition. [Obs.] --Heylin. Syn: Cessation; interruption; interval; pause; stop; rest; suspension. See {Cessation}.