Interference

What do we mean by interference?

The act or an instance of hindering, obstructing, or impeding. noun

Something that hinders, obstructs, or impedes. noun

Illegal obstruction or hindrance of an opposing player, such as hindrance of a receiver by a defender in football, hindrance of a fielder by a base runner in baseball, or checking a player not in possession of the puck in ice hockey. noun

The legal blocking of defensive tacklers to protect and make way for the ball carrier. noun

The variation of wave amplitude that occurs from the superposition of two or more waves. noun

The inhibition or prevention of clear reception of broadcast signals. noun

The distorted portion of a received signal. noun

The negative or distorting effect that new learning can have on previous learning or that previous learning can have on new learning. noun

The act of interfering; interposition; especially, intermeddling. noun

A clashing or collision; the act of coming into violent contact. noun

In farriery, a striking of one foot against the one next to it, as one hind foot against the other. noun

In Amer. patent law, the conflict between two patents or applications for patent which claim in whole or in part the same invention. noun

In physics, the mutual action of waves of any kind (whether those in water, or sound-, heat-, or light-waves) upon one another, by which, under certain conditions, the vibrations and their effects are increased, diminished, or neutralized. noun

In base-ball and foot-ball, the act of interfering. See interfere, v. i., 5 and 6. noun

The act or state of interfering noun

The mutual influence, under certain conditions, as from streams of light, or pulsations of sound, or, generally, two waves or vibrations of any kind, producing certain characteristic phenomena, as colored fringes, dark bands, or darkness, in the case of light, silence or increased intensity in sounds; neutralization or superposition of waves generally. noun

The act or state of interfering, or of claiming a right to the same invention. noun

The act of interfering with something, or something that interferes.

The illegal obstruction of an opponent in some ball games.

An effect caused by the superposition of two systems of waves.

A distortion on a broadcast signal due to atmospheric or other effects.

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.

The situation where a person who knows two languages inappropriately transfers lexical items or structures from one to the other.

Words that are spelled similarly to interference:
interference, interferance, intercedence, interferences, interferenza, interfluence.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word interference:
microscopy, diffraction, wavelength, privacy, interfere, fcc, electromagnetic, waves, emi, transmitter, penalty, correspondence, frequency, pattern, noise, signal, feud, antenna, wireless, rna, optical, analog, spectrum, affairs, receiver, beam, wave, patterns, experiment, internal, quantum, raw, reception, phenomenon, angle, heavyweight, devices, channels, tag, matters, touchdown, reflected, transmission, phase, occurs, fit, radar.

Words that rhyme with interference:
perseverance, appearance, clearance, adherence, coherence, disappearance, incoherence, reappearance, ference, in spite of appearance, noninterference, first appearance, cryptoclearance.

Adjectives that are often used to describe interference:
non, such, political, outside, foreign, direct, governmental, little, surgical, human, external, constructive, operative, destructive, legislative, undue, possible, mutual, much, electromagnetic, further, electrical, active, serious, less, british, arbitrary, unwarranted, constant, minimal, federal, proactive, mechanical, official, minimum, unnecessary, retroactive, excessive, european, divine, judicial, potential, unlawful, harmful, least, papal, bureaucratic, supernatural, improper, soviet, tortious, parental, royal, russian, administrative, unwarrantable, armed, unreasonable, parliamentary, intentional, substantial, occlusal, timely, optical, adjacent, slightest, officious, congressional, gross, cognitive, unjustifiable, unwanted, violent, deliberate, forcible, cochannel.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective interference:
ratio, policy, contrast, principle, noise, theory, effects, level, pattern, figure, basis, phenomena, colours, suppression, figures, dissociation, effect, type, model, reduction, colors, condition, filters, bands, reflection, fit, layer, cancellation, theories, phase, doctrine, agent, enzyme, reflexion, problem, disorder, intensity, tints, filter, variation, free, property, experiments, microscopy, terms, hypothesis, fringes, clause, method, group, call, rule, limited, patterns, phenomenon, test, agreement, interaction, aggression, rejection, field, control, performance, subjects, symptoms, attitude, aware, zone, pact, colour, diffraction, principles, microscope, generating, subspace, minimized, mitigation, experiment, region, technique, avoidance, fits, reflectance, based, plate, requirement, trials, carrier, criticism, wing, dogma.

Words that sound like interference:
interference, interferance, interferon, interfering, interferences, indifference, interferes, inherence, interfere, inference, intolerance, interfered, intrusions, interferer, noninterference, pass interference.