Intervention : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Intervention	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
intervention n the act of intervening (as to mediate a dispute, etc.); "it occurs without human intervention" Synonym(s): intervention, intercession a policy of intervening in the affairs of other countries Synonym(s): intervention, interference Antonym(s): noninterference, nonintervention the act or fact of interposing one thing between or among others Synonym(s): interposition, intervention (law) a proceeding that permits a person to enter into a lawsuit already in progress; admission of person not an original party to the suit so that person can protect some right or interest that is allegedly affected by the proceedings; "the purpose of intervention is to prevent unnecessary duplication of lawsuits" care provided to improve a situation (especially medical procedures or applications that are intended to relieve illness or injury) Synonym(s): treatment, intervention
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Intervention \In`terven"tion\, n. [L. interventio an interposition: cf. F. intervention.] 1. The act of intervening; interposition. Sound is shut out by the intervention* of that lax membrane. --Holder. 2. Any interference that may affect the interests of others; especially, of one or more states with the affairs of another; mediation. Let us decide our quarrels at home, without the intervention, of any foreign power. --Sir W. Temple. 3. (Civil Law) The act by which a third person, to protect his own interest, interposes and becomes a party to a suit pending between other parties.