adjective
1. : broken in upon : discontinuous
an interrupted stripe
interrupted suture
2. : not uniform : broken in arrangement or symmetry
interrupted inflorescence
3. : consisting of or containing a stop in articulation
k is an interrupted consonant
dzh is an interrupted phoneme
4. of a map projection : not having continuous outlines : split (as along meridians) so as to give better shape and scale for each continent or ocean
• in·ter·rupt·ed·ly adverb
• in·ter·rupt·ed·ness noun -es