(n) an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity, Syn. gap, disruption, interruption, Example:it was presented without commercial breaks; there was a gap in his account
n. [ L. disruptio, diruptio. ] The act or rending asunder, or the state of being rent asunder or broken in pieces; breach; rent; dilaceration; rupture; as, the disruption of rocks in an earthquake; disruption of a state. [ 1913 Webster ]