. interrogation-point 
interrogation-point (in-ter-o-ga' shon-point .), M . 
A note, mark, or sign (?) placed after a question 
(or in Spanish both before and after it, in the 
former position inverted) in writing or printing. 
interrogative (in-te-rog'a-tiv), a. and n. [= 
F. interrogattf x Pi. enterrogatiu = Sp. Pg. It. 
interrogativo, < L. interrogations, serving to ques- 
tion, < interrogate, question: see interrogate^ 
I. a. Asking or denoting a question ; pertain- 
ing to inquiry ; questioning: &s,axi.interrogatwe 
phrase, pronoun, or point ; an interrogative look 
or tone of voice. 
The regular place of the interrogative word, of whatever 
kind, is at the beginning of the sentence, or as near it as 
possible. Whitney, Essentials of Eng. Grammar, 470. 
Interrogative accent. See accent, 7. Interrogative 
Judgment, in logic, a mental product corresponding to 
an interrogative sentence : opposed to determinative judg- 
ment (which see, under determinative). 
II. n. 1. In gram., a word (pronoun, pronom- 
inal adjective, or adverb) implying interroga- 
tion, or used for asking a question: as, who? 
what? which ? why t 2. A question; an inter- 
rogation. [Bare.] 
"Who are you, sir, and what is your business?" de- 
manded the Marquis. . . . "That is a fair interrogative, 
my lord," answered Dalgetty. 
Scott, Legend of Montrose, xii. 
interrogatively (in-te-rog'a-tiv-li), adv. In an 
interrogative manner; in the form of a ques- 
tion; questioningly. 
interrogator (in-ter'o-ga-tor), n. [=F. interro- 
gateur = It. interrogatore,"< LL. interrogator, < 
L. interrogare, question : see interrogate.'] One 
who interrogates or asks questions. 
interrogatory (in-te-rog'a-to-ri), a. and . [= 
F. interrogatoire = Pr. interrogators = Sp. Pg. 
It. interrogatorio, < LL. interrogatorius, consist- 
ing of questions. < L. interrogare, question: see 
interrogate.] I. a. Interrogative ; containing 
or expressing a question ; pertaining to or con- 
sisting of questions: as, an interrogatory sen- 
tence; the interrogatory method of instruc- 
tion. 
II. n. ; pi. interrogatories (-riz). A question 
or inquiry; in law, usually, a question in writ- 
ing: as, to file interrogatories to be answered 
by a party or a witness. Formerly also inter- 
gatory. 
Their speech was out off with this one brief e and short 
interrogatorie : whether Philip would quit those three 
cities aforesaid or no? Holland, tr. of Livy, p. 882. 
Cross Interrogatory. See crossi, a. -Demurrer to In- 
terrogatory. See demurrer^. =Syn. Query, Inquiry, etc. 
See question, n. 
in terrorem (in te-ro'rem). [L.: in, in, to, for; 
terrorem, ace. of terror, terror: see terror.] As 
a warning; by way of intimidation. 
intemile (iu-ter-rol'), v. t.; pret. and pp. inter- 
ruJed, ppr. interruling. [< inter- + rule.] To rule 
between; mark with intervening ruled lines. 
The picture being completed, it is ruled over in squares, 
each of about twelve inches. These are again intemded 
with small squares. Ure, Diet., III. 388. 
interrupt (in-te-rupf), v. t. [ME. interrupten 
(corruptly intrippe), < L. interrupts, pp. of in- 
terrumpere (> It. interrompere = Pg. interromper 
= Sp. interrmnpir = Pr. entrerompre = F. in- 
terrompre), break apart, break to pieces, break 
off, interrupt, < inter, between, + rmnpere, break: 
see rupture. Cf. abrupt, corrupt, etc.] 1. To 
make a break or gap in ; break the course or 
continuity of; hence, to break off; bring to a 
pause or cessation; hinder the continuation of. 
I'll interrupt his reading. Shak., T. and C., lit S, 98. 
This would surpass 
Common revenge, and interrupt nis joy 
In our confusion. Milton, P. L., ii. 371. 
2. To break in upon or disturb the action of; 
stop or hinder in doing something. 
Intrippe no man where so that thou wende, 
No man in his tale, til he haue maade an eende. 
Babees Book (E. E. T. S.), p. 31. 
Ill hear you more, to the bottom of your story, 
And never interrupt you. Shak., Pericles, v. 1, 167. 
Th' emphatic speaker . . . had a world of talk 
With one he stumbled on, and lost his walk. 
I interrupt him with a sudden bow, 
Adieu, dear sir ! lest you should lose it now. 
Cowper, Conversation, 1. 281. 
interruptt (in-te-rupf), a. [ME. interupt, inte- 
ript, < OF. interrupt; < L. interruptus, pp.: see 
the verb.] 1. Gaping; spreading apart, as the 
sides of anything. 
Our adversary, whom no bounds 
Prescribed, no bars of hell, nor all the chains 
Heap'd on him there, nor yet the main abyss 
Wide, interrupt, can hold. Milton, P. L., iii. 84. 
2. Irregular; interrupted. 
Menacing, ghastly looks ; broken pace ; interrupt, pre- 
cipitate, half turns. Burton, Auat. of Mel., p. 612. 
3154 
3. Disturbed; interrupted. 
We will do to yow oure homage and of yow holde oure 
honoures, and we be-seke yow to respite youre sacriuge 
in to Pentecoste, ne therfore shull ye nothynge be interipl, 
but that ye shull be oure lorde and oure kynge. 
Merlin (E. E. T. S.), i. 10S. 
They are in paradise for the time, and cannot well en- 
dure to be interrupt. Burton, Anat. of Mel., p. 24. 
interrupted (in-te-rup'ted), p. a. 1. Broken; 
intermitted; fitful; acting irregularly or un- 
equally. 
How is it that some wits are interrupted, 
That now they dazzled are, now clearly see? 
Sir J. Dames, Immortal, of Soul, xxii. 
All is silent, save the faint 
And interrupted murmur of the bee. 
Bryant, Summer Wind. 
2. In bot.: (a) Having the principal leaflets di- 
vided by intervals of smaller ones: applied to 
compound leaves, (b) Having the larger spikes 
divided by a series of smaller ones : applied to 
flowers: opposed to continuous. 3. In zool., 
suddenly stopped; having a gap or hiatus: as, 
an interrupted stria interrupted cadence, cur- 
rent, screw, etc. See the nouns. 
interruptedly (in-te-rup'ted-li), adv. With 
breaks or interruptions interruptedly pinnate, 
in bot., same as abruptly pinnate (which see, under ab- 
ruptly). 
interrupter (in-te-rup'ter), n. One who or that 
which interrupts! Also interruptor. 
For, on the theater of France, 
The tragedie was ment 
Of England too : wherefore our queene 
Her interruptors sent. 
Warner, Albion's England, x. 
Specifically (o) In elect., any instrument for interrupt- 
ing an electrical current, as the automatic arrangement 
used with the induction-coil. 
The interruptors of induction coils are usually sell-act- 
ing. 5. P. Thompson, Elect, and Mag., p. 864. 
(b) In milit. engin., an electrical device which forms part 
of a system of apparatus for determining the velocity 
of projectiles, used in connection with wire targets and 
chronographs. The passage of the ball or shell through a 
target serves to interrupt a closed electrical circuit, and 
thus release the automatic registering mechanism of the 
chronograph at the instant of passage. Often a number 
of targets are used, placed at accurately measured and 
uniform intervals in the path of the projectile, and the 
registered data serve as a basis for determining the vari- 
ation of velocity in diff erent parts of the path. 
interruption (in-te-rup'shon), n. [< ME. inter- 
rupcion, < OF. (also F.) interruption = Sp. inter- 
rupcion = Pg. interrupgao = It. interruzione, < 
L. interruptio(n-), an interrupting, < interrum- 
pere, pp. interruptus, interrupt : see interrupt.] 
1. The act of interrupting or breaking in upon 
anything. 
Places severed from the continent by the interruption 
of the sea. Sir M. Hale, Orig. of Mankind. 
Dissonance, and captious art, 
And snip-snap short, and interruption smart. 
Pope, Dunciad, ii. 240. 
2. The state of being interrupted; the state of 
being impeded, checked, or stopped. 
Had they held a steady had upon his Matyu restaura- 
tion, as they might easily have don, the Church of England 
had emerg'd and flourish'd without interruption. 
Evelyn, Diary, March 12, 1672. 
Persons who eminently love, and meet with fatal inter- 
ruptions of their happiness when they least expect it. 
Steele, Tatler, No. 82. 
3. Obstruction or hindrance caused by a break- 
ing in upon any course, current, progress, or 
motion ; stoppage : as, interruptions in the exe- 
cution of a work. 
They shall haue full power to gene sentence vpon ye 
same, & that sentence to be obeyed w'out interrupcion. 
Fabyan, Car. 6, an. 1377. (Richardson.') 
4. Cessation; intermission; interval. 
Amidst the interruptions of his sorrow, seeing his peni- 
tent overwhelmed with grief, he was only able to bid her 
be comforted. Addison, Spectator. 
No one, in the face of Church-history, can or does main- 
tain that all interruptions of intercommunion destroy 
unity. Pusey, Eirenicon, p. 62. 
5f. A prorogation of Parliament : used in the 
seventeenth century. Nares. 
interruptive (in-te-rup'tiv), a. [< interrupt + 
-ive.] Tending to interrupt ; interrupting. 
Interruptive forces. Bushnell. 
interruptively (in-te-rup'tiv-li), adv. By in- 
terruption ; so as to interrupt. 
interruptor (in-te-rup'tor), n. See interrupter. 
interscalm (in'ter-skalm), n. [< L. interscal- 
mium, the space between two oars in a galley, 
< inter, between, + scalmus, a peg to which an 
oar was strapped, a thole, a thole-pin.] In an 
ancient Roman galley, the space between any 
two successive oars. 
interscapilium (in"ter-ska-pil'i-um), .; pi. in- 
terseapilia (-a). [L., the space between the 
intersectional 
shoulders, < inter, between, + scapuUe, shoulder- 
blades: see scapula.] Same as interscapulum. 
interscapula, Plural of interscapulum. 
interscapular (in-ter-skap'u-lar), a. and w. [< 
inter- + scapula + -arS.] I. a. Situated be- 
tween the scapulae or shoulder-blades. 
II. n. In ornitn., an interscapular feather; 
one of the feathers of the interscapulum. 
interscapulary (in-ter-skap'u-la-ri), a. and n. 
Same as interscapular. 
interscapulum (in-ter-skap'u-lum), . ; pi. in- 
terscapula (-la). [NL., < L. 'inter, between, + 
scapula;, shoulder-blades : see scapula. Cf . in- 
terscapilium.] In ornith., the fore part of the 
back; the dorsum antieum; the region of the 
upper back between the shoulder-blades. Also 
interscapilium. See cut under bird 1 . 
interscendent (in-ter-sen'dent), a. [< L. inter, 
between, + scanden(t-)s, ppr. of scandere (in 
comp. -scendere), climb: see scan.] In alg., 
containing radicals in the exponents: thus, 
x^v or x v a is an interscendent expression: so 
called by Leibnitz as being intermediate be- 
tween algebraic and transcendental quantities, 
but properly belonging to the latter category. 
interscene (in'ter-sen), n. [< inter- + scene.] 
A pause, interval, or transition between two 
scenes, as in a play. Amer; Jour. Philol., IX. 
348. 
interscindt (in-ter-sind'), v. t. [< L. interscln- 
dere, cut off, separate, break down, < inter, be- 
tween, + scindere, cut: see scission. Cf. ex- 
scind.] To cut in two in the midst. Bailey, 
1731. 
interscribet (in-ter-skrlb'), . t. [< L. inter- 
scribere, write between, < inter, between, + 
scribere, write: see scribe.] To write between; 
interline. Bailey, 1731. 
interscriptiont (in-ter-skrip'shon), n. [< L. 
as if *interscriptio(n-), < interscribere, pp. inter- 
scriptus,vrrite between, < inter, between, + scri- 
bere, write.] A writing between, or interlining. 
Bailey, 1731. 
inter se (in'ter se). [L.] Among or between 
themselves. 
intersecant (in-ter-se'kant), a. [= OF. interne- 
quant, < L. intersecan(i-)s, ppr. of intersecare, 
cut between, cut off : see intersect.] Dividing 
into parts ; cutting across ; crossing. [Rare.] 
intersect (in-ter-sekf), v. [< L. intersectus, 
pp. of intersecare (> It. intersecare = Sp. (obs.) 
intersecar), cut between, cut off, < inter, be- 
tween,-!- secure, cut: see section.] I. trans. 1. 
To cut or divide into parts; lie or pass across: 
as, the ecliptic intersects the equator. 
The surface of Norway, as it is shown flat upon a chart, 
is lined and intersected by these water-ways as the surface 
of England is by railways. Froude, Sketches, p. 64. 
2. To cut apart; separate by intervening. 
[Rare.] 
Lands intersected by a narrow frith 
Abhor each other. Cowper, Task, ii. 16. 
II. intrans. To cut into one another; meet 
and cross each other; have, as two geometri- 
cal loci, one or more points in common : as, in- 
tersecting lines. In the ordinary language of geometry 
a curve and its tangent are not said to intersect, but in a 
more careful use of language they no doubt would be said 
to do so. See extract under intersection, 2. 
intersection (in-ter-sek'shon), n. [= F. inter- 
section = Sp. interseccion = Pg. interseccSo = 
It.intersecazione,intersezione,<~Li.interseetio(n-), 
< intersecare, cut between, intersect: see inter- 
sect.] 1. The act of intersecting; a cutting 
or dividing, or cutting across : as, the intersec- 
tion of a map by lines of latitude and longi- 
tude. 
The frequent intersections of the sense which are the 
necessary effects of rhyme. Johnson, Thomson. 
2. A place of crossing; specifically, a point com- 
mon to two lines or a line and a surface, or a 
line common to two surfaces: as, a house at 
the intersection of two roads; the intersection 
of two geometrical lines or figures. 
The locus (if any) corresponding to a given aggregate 
relation is the locus common to and contained in each of 
the loci corresponding to the several constituent relations 
respectively ; or, what is the same thing, it is the intersec- 
tion of these loci. 
Cayley, On Abstract Geometry, 27, Phil. Trans., 1870, p. 65. 
3. In logic, the relation of two classes each of 
which partly excludes and partly includes the 
other. Apparent intersection, a point where two 
curves not in one plane appear to intellect when viewed 
from any center of projection. 
intersectional (in-ter-sek'shou-al), . [< in- 
tersection + -al.] Relating to or formed by an 
intersection or intersections. 
