interception
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5.3
- noun
- /ˌɪntərˈsɛpʃən/
:
intercepción
- The agency achieved a crucial interception of a message detailing a planned attack.
- detection and interception
- interception-induced losses
- interception rates
Examples
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Dozens of scientists have spent months advising the space agency on asteroid detection and interception.
Academic text (1992) -
A few million dollars per year could support observations and theory on detection and interception.
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Outside this range, the link should be shut down automatically for further checking of any interception attempt.
Academic text (1990) -
The first section describes interception risks of transmission links.
Academic text (1990) -
Thus, the detection of interception on these transmission links is the lowest.
Academic text (1990) -
On the basis of those results, we believe that negligible interception in this climate and environment is a valid assumption.
Academic text (2016) -
Although fiber optics provide the highest level of interception protection among all links, tapping methods and countermeasures are available.
Academic text (1990) -
Instead, these costs are spread widely among society as government agencies spend taxpayer dollars on inspection, interception, eradication, containment, and compensation.
Academic text (2011) -
The officers coordinated their efforts to prevent the interception of illegal shipments at the border.
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In the game, the quarterback's pass was caught by the defender, resulting in an interception that changed the momentum.
Synonyms
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4.1
Getting involved in a situation in a way that stops or slows progress
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3.0
A short time when something stops or is delayed
Antonyms
Compounds
How Effective
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2.4
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4.1
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5.3
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4.4
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4.1
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5.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
interception = intercept (transparent) = inter + cept + ion
Standard nominalization of 'intercept' with '-ion' yielding 'the act of stopping or interrupting something before it reaches its destination'.
Etymology
Interception comes from the Latin parts inter- 'between' and capere 'to take'. It gives the image of 'taking' something before it reaches its goal, so an interception is stopping or catching something before it gets where it was going, much like a capture.