interrupter
- n a device for automatically interrupting an electric current
interruption
- n an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity
- n some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity
the telephone is an annoying interruption - n a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
intersection
- n a point where lines intersect
- n a junction where one street or road crosses another
- n a point or set of points common to two or more geometric configurations
- n the set of elements common to two or more sets
the set of red hats is the intersection of the set of hats and the set of red things - n a representation of common ground between theories or phenomena
- n the act of intersecting (as joining by causing your path to intersect your target's path)
intersex
- n one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made
interspersal
- n the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things
interspersion
- n the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things
the interspersion of illustrations in the text
interstate commerce commission
- n a former independent federal agency that supervised and set rates for carriers that transported goods and people between states; was terminated in 1995
interstate highway
- n one of the system of highways linking major cities in the 48 contiguous states of the United States
interstellar medium
- n interstellar space including streams of protons moving from the stars
interstice
- n a small structural space between tissues or parts of an organ
the interstices of a network - n small opening between things