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Interruption vs Photobeam - What's the difference?

interruption | photobeam |

As nouns the difference between interruption and photobeam

is that interruption is the act of interrupting, or the state of being interrupted while photobeam is a beam of light whose interruption triggers a warning or a mechanism (such as a door).

interruption

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of interrupting, or the state of being interrupted.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=4 , passage=One morning I had been driven to the precarious refuge afforded by the steps of the inn, after rejecting offers from the Celebrity to join him in a variety of amusements. But even here I was not free from interruption , for he was seated on a horse-block below me, playing with a fox terrier.}}
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-21, author=(Oliver Burkeman)
    • , volume=189, issue=2, page=27, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= The tao of tech , passage=The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about "creating compelling content", or offering services that let you "stay up to date with what your friends are doing"
  • A time interval during which there is a cessation of something.

    • See also

    * dead air

    photobeam

    English

    Alternative forms

    *photo beam

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A beam of light whose interruption triggers a warning or a mechanism (such as a door)