interrupted
adj
1 broken, discontinued, or hindered
2 (of plant organs, esp. leaves) not evenly spaced along an axis
3 (Also)
deceptive (Music) (of a cadence) progressing from the dominant chord to any other, such as the subdominant or submediant ♦
interruptedly adv
interrupted screw
n a screw with a slot or slots cut into the thread, esp. one used in the breech of some guns permitting both engagement and release of the block by a partial turn of the screw