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–adjective Botany.

having an irregular or discontinuous arrangement, as of leaflets along a stem.

[Origin: interrupt + -ed²

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in·ter·rupt Audio Help   (ĭn'tə-rŭpt') Pronunciation Key
v.   in·ter·rupt·ed, in·ter·rupt·ing, in·ter·rupts

v.   tr.

To break the continuity or uniformity of: Rain interrupted our baseball game.
To hinder or stop the action or discourse of (someone) by breaking in on: The baby interrupted me while I was on the phone.

v. intr.
To break in on an action or discourse.

n. Computer Science

A signal to a computer that stops the execution of a running program so that another action can be performed.
A circuit that conveys a signal stopping the execution of a running program.

[Middle English interrupten, from Old French interrupte, interrupted, from Latin interruptus, past participle of interrumpere, to break off : inter-, inter- + rumpere, to break; see reup- in Indo-European roots.]

in'ter·rupt'i·ble adj., in'ter·rup'tion n., in'ter·rup'tive adj.

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interrupted
adjective
1.	discontinued temporarily; "we resumed the interrupted discussion"
2.	intermittently stopping and starting; "fitful (or interrupted) sleep"; "off-and-on static" [syn: fitful]

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Interrupted

In`ter*rupt"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Interrupted; p. pr. & vb. n. Interrupting.] [L. interruptus, p. p. of interrumpere to interrupt; inter between + rumpere to break. See Rupture.]

1. To break into, or between; to stop, or hinder by breaking in upon the course or progress of; to interfere with the current or motion of; to cause a temporary cessation of; as, to interrupt the remarks speaking.

Do not interrupt me in my course. --Shak.

2. To divide; to separate; to break the monotony of; as, the evenness of the road was not interrupted by a single hill.

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