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Intermission \In`ter*mis"sion\, n. [L. intermissio: cf. F.
intermission. See {Intermit}.]
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1. The act or the state of intermitting; the state of being
neglected or disused; disuse; discontinuance. --B. Jonson.
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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.
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Rest or intermission none I find. --Milton.
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3. Specifically: The short period between acts of a play,
concert, opera, or other public performance when the
audience may leave their seats for refreshment; -- it
usually lasts from 10 to 20 minutes.
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4. (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.
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5. Intervention; interposition. [Obs.] --Heylin.

Syn: Cessation; interruption; interval; pause; stop; rest;
suspension. See {Cessation}.
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