interference
/ˌɪntə(ɹ)ˈfɪəɹəns/US/ˌɪntəɹˈfɪɹɪns/
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interference noun: the act of interfering with something, or something that interferes.
Noun
interference (countable and uncountable, plural interferences)
- The act of interfering with something, or something that interferes.
- Somewhat impeded by constant political interference of one sort or another, British Railways are nevertheless pressing ahead with a mammoth modernisation programme; [...]1961 March, B.A. Haresnape, “Design on the railway”, in Trains Illustrated, page 139
- "With magic in limited use and hidden, it was possible to enhance the various magic resistances of humans, and to keep certain forms of magic from being possible. If magic enters common usage, this interference becomes infeasible."2018 February 21, Dan Shive, El Goonish Shive (webcomic), Comic for Wednesday, Feb 21, 2018
- The illegal obstruction of an opponent in some ball games.
- They were glued to the TV, as the referee called out a fifteen yard penalty for interference.
- An effect caused by the superposition of two systems of waves.
- A distortion on a broadcast signal due to atmospheric or other effects.
- They wanted to watch the game on TV, but there was too much interference to even make out the score on the tiny screen.
- In United States patent law, an inter partes proceeding to determine the priority issues of multiple patent applications; a priority contest.
- The interruption of the line between an attacked piece and its defender by sacrificially interposing a piece.
- A negative or inappropriate language transfer.
Verb
interference (third-person singular simple present interferences, present participle interferencing, simple past and past participle interferenced)
- To interfere.
- In economic terms, the two production processes can be simultaneously implemented without interferencing between themselves.2000, PierCarlo Nicola, Mainstream Mathematical Economics in the 20th Century, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 172
interference meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
interference in Hindi
- effect caused by the superposition of two systems of waves
- व्यतिकरण vyatikraṇ, अंतरक्षेप antrakṣep
- linguistics: negative or inappropriate language transfer
- व्याघात vyāghāt, व्यतिकरण vyatikraṇ
interference in Tamil
- குறுக்கிடுதல், தலையிடுதல், குறுக்கீடு, தலையீடு, குறுக்கீட்டு விளைவு
interference in Marathi
- interference, intrusion
- हस्तक्षेप hastakṣep, ढवळाढवळ ḍhavḷāḍhvaḷ
interference in Urdu
- interference; meddling
- پاؤں pāū̃
More languagesFewer languages
- interference in Bengali
- হস্তক্ষেপ, ব্যতিচার, পথিমধ্যে বাধাদান, প্রতিবন্ধক
- interference in Telugu
- ఇలాకా ilākā
- interference in Malayalam
- അനാവശ്യമായ ഇടപെടൽ, കൈയേറ്റം, തടസ്സം, വ്യതികലനം
- interference in Kannada
- ಅಲೆಕೂಡುವಿಕೆ, ಅಲೆಸೇರುವಿಕೆ
- interference in Gujarati
- દખલગીરી
- interference in Tagalog
- kahilabtan
- interference in Arabic
- تَدَاخُل tadāḵul
- interference in Malay
- gangguan, inteferens
- interference in Indonesian
- campur tangan, gangguan, kecurangan lawan, interferensi
- interference in Persian
- تداخل tadâxol
Examples of interference in a sentence
- Our circuit requires a stable bandpass to isolate the audio frequencies from high-frequency interference.
- Overeruption can cause interferences in the occlusion and difficulty when constructing dentures.
- His ill-willed interference was not appreciated by the other members.
Antonyms of interference
Forms of interference
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | interferences |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | interferences |
| present participle | interferencing |
| past participle | interferenced |
| past | interferenced |
Origin of interference
From interfere + -ence. The sense in physics was likely introduced by English polymath Thomas Young, which he used as early as 1801 in a paper in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.
Words formed from interference
- biointerference
- catastrophic interference
- catcher interference
- catcher's interference
- co-channel interference
- conducted interference
- constructive interference
- destructive interference
- interference drag
- interference filter
- interference fit
- interference fringes
- interference maximum
- interference microscope
- interference pattern
- negative interference
- pan-assay interference compound
- positive interference
- quantum interference
- RNA interference
- run interference
- thin-film interference
- tortious interference
Phrases with interference
Questions about interference
- What does interference mean?
- Interference means the act of interfering with something, or something that interferes.
- What is interference in Hindi?
- Interference in Hindi is व्यतिकरण (vyatikraṇ), अंतरक्षेप (antrakṣep), व्याघात (vyāghāt). See Interference meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is interference?
- Interference can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce interference?
- Interference is pronounced /ˌɪntə(ɹ)ˈfɪəɹəns/ (UK).
- What is the plural of interference?
- The plural of interference is interferences.
Words near interference in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: interference (page history and authors); interference (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ढवळाढवळ (Marathi) (page history and authors); پاؤں (Urdu) (page history and authors); interference (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ఇలాకా (Telugu) (page history and authors); interference (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); interference (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); interference (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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