Interception Definition

ĭntər-sĕpshən
interceptions
noun
The act or an instance of intercepting.
Webster's New World
A play in which a defensive player catches a pass thrown by an offensive player.
Webster's New World
Something, such as a missile, an aircraft, or a radio transmission, that is intercepted.
American Heritage
A pass that is intercepted, especially a forward pass in football.
American Heritage
The process in which water falling as precipitation is slowed or prevented from reaching the ground by vegetation, as when snow accumulates in the forest canopy.
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Other Word Forms of Interception

Noun

Singular:
interception
Plural:
interceptions

Origin of Interception

  • From Old French interception, from Latin interceptio

    From Wiktionary

Interception Sentence Examples

  • The interception by the state of the unearned increment, and the promotion of co-operative agriculture, were the most striking features in his programme.

  • The air is unusually dry, owing to the proximity of the Kalahari Desert on the west and to the interception on the east by the Drakensberg of the moisture bearing clouds from the Indian Ocean.

  • Upon such areas the Springs loss by percolation into the ground, not retrieved in and the form of springs above the point of interception may be neglected, and the only loss to the stream is that already considered of re-evaporation into the air and of absorption by vegetation.

  • Interception occurs when particles follow air flow into the filter and adhere to the fibers.

  • In the latest test, to destroy a dummy warhead fired from Alaska, the interception missile never even got off the ground.

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