- 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.
- an interval, as between parts of a film
- a period between events or activities; pause
- the act of intermitting or the state of being intermitted
