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interruptible

interruptible

1 5.3
Can be paused and continued later
  • adjective
  • /ˌɪntəˈrʌptəbl/
: interrumpible
  • Lessons in the online course are interruptible, which means students can pause and return to complete them at their convenience.
  • interruptible rates
  • interruptible service
  • interruptible demand

Examples

  • The movie was designed to be interruptible, allowing audiences to pause the film for breaks before continuing.

  • To encourage customers to curb their demand or to shift it to other times of the day, utilities offer interruptible rates, time-of-use pricing, and direct-load control programs.

    Academic text (1994)

  • Demand for interruptible service could be further segmented to specify factors under which power will be cut off.

    Academic text (1992)

  • One solution to this problem would be to segment the market into two categories: non-interruptible demand and interruptible demand.

    Academic text (1992)

  • The pipeline had to set "firm" and "interruptible" rates for both peak and off-peak periods.

    Academic text (1990)

  • In return, the pipeline had to agree to offer both "firm" and "interruptible" service on a first-come, first-served basis up to its capacity limits.

    Academic text (1990)

  • Most pipelines post on electronic bulletin boards the amount of interruptible transmission that they have available for sale.

    Academic text (1993)

  • The total number of hours for which the interruptible customers could be interrupted over the entire year was exhausted because of the frequent need for interrupting customers.

    Academic text (2001)

  • Interruptible-rate programs contributed the most demand reductions, accounting for almost one-third of the total.

    Academic text (1994)

  • In so-called interruptible load programs, consumers receive rate reductions in exchange for a commitment to curtail certain loads during peak periods.

    Academic text (2004)

Synonyms

restartable
vsinterruptible
1 4.0

You can start it again after it stops, often continuing where it left off

is meant to allow temporary pauses and later continuation without losing all progress
resumable
vsinterruptible
1 4.4

You can continue it after a pause or interruption

is focused on being stopped or paused and then continued later

Antonyms

uninterruptible
1 6.6

Keeps working without stopping after it starts

How Interruptible

interruptible
1 5.3

Surface Forms

interruptible positive

Morphology

interruptible = interrupt (transparent) = interrupt + ible

Formed by adding the adjectival suffix '-ible' to the verb 'interrupt', yielding 'capable of being interrupted', which is directly inferable from the base.

Etymology

Interruptible comes from the parts inter- 'between' and rupt 'break', the same rupt you see in interrupt and rupture. So, if something is interruptible, it can be 'broken' or 'paused' in the middle and then started again.