interception
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin interceptiō; compare French interception.
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɪntɚˈsɛpʃən/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Noun edit
interception (countable and uncountable, plural interceptions)
- An act of intercepting something, the state of being intercepted, or a thing that is intercepted.
- An aeronautical action in which a fighter approaches a suspicious aircraft to escort it away from a prohibited area, or approaches an enemy aircraft to shoot it down.
- (American football) A passing play where the ball is caught by the opposing team.
- (rugby) A pass that is intercepted by an opposing player.
- precipitation that does not reach the soil, but is instead intercepted by the leaves, branches of plants and the forest floor.
Derived terms edit
- (rugby): interception try
- lawful interception
Translations edit
American football
|
An act of intercepting something, the state of being intercepted.
|
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Noun edit
interception f (plural interceptions)
Further reading edit
- “interception”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.