the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > continuity or uninterruptedness > discontinuity or interrupted condition > break the continuity of or interrupt [verb (transitive)] > at intervals (2)
transitive. To interrupt at intervals; to intersperse with. Also: to be dispersed, or occur at intervals, throughout (an area or period).
transitive. To divide or arrange (a text) into paragraphs. Also figurative: to split into distinct sections, to interrupt (cf. punctuate, v. 2b)…