INTERRUPTED


Meaning of INTERRUPTED in English

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

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.