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interception|ɪntəˈsɛpʃən|
[ad. L. interceptiōn-em, n. of action f. intercipĕre to intercept: see -tion. Cf. F. interception (16th c., Paré).]
1. a. The action of intercepting; seizing or stopping (a person or thing) in the way; the fact of being intercepted or stopped; an instance of this.
1599Shakes. Hen. V, ii. ii. 7 The King hath note of all that they intend, By interception, which they dreame not of. 1611Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. vii. iv. (1623) 205 The King holding himselfe now sure from all interceptions. 1615G. Sandys Trav. 22 Such dispersed encounters, such long pursuites, interception of scouts [etc.]. 1700Tyrrell Hist. Eng. II. 892 There were..great Plunderings and Robberies committed in the Marches, which they only termed Interceptions or Seizures. 1868E. Edwards Ralegh I. xxvii. 683 He had recourse to the interception of letters written by and to Lady Ralegh.
b. The cutting off of anything in its natural course, action, extent, etc., esp. of light.
1624Wotton Archit. i. in Reliq. (1651) 267 The Pillars..will, by interception of the Sight, somwhat in appearance diminish the breadth. 1653Gataker Vind. Annot. Jer. 41 The interception of the light of the Sun..arises from the interposition of the body of the Moon. 1790Beattie Moral Sc. i. i. ii. §33 Silence is the effect of a total interception of the voice. 1860Tyndall Glac. ii. iii. 244 The interception of radiant heat.
†c. Med. The interruption of the motion or passage of bodily humours. Obs.
1597A. M. tr. Guillemeau's Fr. Chirurg. 40 b/1 Any derivatione, revulsione, interceptione, or evacuatione of anye matter. 1615Crooke Body of Man 43 The interception of the Vrine is mortall. 1661Lovell Hist. Anim. & Min. 333 The rabies..is a madnesse..it's cured, by interception [etc.]. [1855Mayne Expos. Lex., Interceptio,..formerly applied to a kind of remedy when the motion of the humours, and especially of the blood was interrupted: interception.]
d. The action of closing in on and trying to destroy an enemy aircraft or missile. Also attrib.
1941in R. W. Zandvoort et al. Wartime English (1957) 102 The toll of enemy raiders increases as the R.A.F. improves its methods of interception. 1955Bull. Atomic Sci. Mar. 79/2 There is a great deal more that can be done to set up an effective warning and interception system. 1955Sci. News Let. 15 Oct. 243/1 Once in the air, the missile's miniature radar and its own electronic computer—a baby version of the one that launched it—would keep it on an interception course. 1958C. C. Adams et al. Space Flight 64 Surface-to-surface and intercontinental missiles are, generally, a means for delivering atomic and hydrogen bombs as a sort of ‘interception-proof’ air weapon.
2. The fact of containing or enclosing between points, lines, or boundaries; inclusion. rare.
1665Boyle Exp. Hist. Cold ix. §1 Made up of icy fragments cemented together, with the interception of considerable cavities filled with air. Mod. The line between the points of interception. |