different between interrupt vs photogate

English

Alternative forms

• interrumpt (archaic), interroupt (rare), interrout (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin interruptus, from interrumpere (“to break apart, break to pieces, break off, interrupt”), from inter (“between”) + rumpere (“to break”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??nt????pt/ (verb)
• (verb)
• Rhymes: -?pt (verb)
• IPA^(key): /??nt????pt/ (noun)
• Hyphenation: in?ter?rupt

Verb

interrupt (third-person singular simple present interrupts, present participle interrupting, simple past and past participle interrupted)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To disturb or halt (an ongoing process or action, or the person performing it) by interfering suddenly.

2. (transitive) To divide; to separate; to break the monotony of.

3. (transitive, computing) To assert to (a computer) that an exceptional condition must be handled.

Antonyms

• continue
• resume

Related terms

• interruptee
• interrupter
• interruption
• abrupt
• corrupt
• disrupt

Translations

Noun

interrupt (plural interrupts)

1. (computing, electronics) An event that causes a computer or other device to temporarily cease what it was doing and attend to a condition.

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• interrupt in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• interrupt in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• interrupt at OneLook Dictionary Search

English

Etymology

photo- +? gate

Noun

photogate (plural photogates)

1. (physics) A device that measures the time between events that interrupt an infra-red beam