1Botany (of a compound leaf or other plant organ) made discontinuous by smaller interposed leaflets or intervals of bare stem.
〔植〕（复叶、花簇或其他植物器官）间断的；不匀称的；不规则的
Example sentencesExamples
Note the displacement of the blade/sheath boundary and the interrupted ligule line.
Synonyms
intermittent, sporadic, broken, fitful, on and off, disrupted, erratic, disconnected
2Music (of a cadence) having a penultimate dominant chord that is followed not by the expected chord of the tonic but by another, usually that of the submediant.
〔乐〕（终止式）阻碍终止的
Definition of interrupted in US English:
interrupted
adjectiveˌin(t)əˈrəptəd
1Botany (of a compound leaf, inflorescence, or other plant organ) made discontinuous by smaller interposed leaflets or intervals of bare stem.
〔植〕（复叶、花簇或其他植物器官）间断的；不匀称的；不规则的
Example sentencesExamples
Note the displacement of the blade/sheath boundary and the interrupted ligule line.
Synonyms
intermittent, sporadic, broken, fitful, on and off, disrupted, erratic, disconnected
2Music (of a cadence) having a penultimate dominant chord that is followed not by the expected tonic chord but by another chord, usually the submediant.