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noun

a short interval between the acts of a play or parts of a public performance, usually a period of approximately 10 or 15 minutes, allowing the performers and audience a rest.

a period during which action temporarily ceases; an interval between periods of action or activity: They studied for hours without an intermission.

the act or fact of intermitting; state of being intermitted: to work without intermission.

Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English < Latin intermissiōn- (stem of intermissiō) interruption, equivalent to intermiss(us) (past participle of intermittere to intermit) + -iōn- -ion

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intermission (ˌɪntəˈmɪʃən)

—n
1.	an interval, as between parts of a film
2.	a period between events or activities; pause
3.	the act of intermitting or the state of being intermitted

[C16: from Latin intermissiō, from intermittere to leave off, intermit]

inter'missive

—*adj*

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intermission

1426, from L. intermissionem (nom. intermissio) "interruption," from intermissus, pp. of intermittere "to leave off," from inter- "between" + mittere "let go, send."

"Intermission is used in U.S. for what we call an interval (in a musical or dramatic performance). Under the influence of LOVE OF THE LONG WORD, it is beginning to infiltrate here and should be repelled; our own word does very well." [H.W. Fowler, "Modern English Usage," 1926]

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