interference

/หŒษชntษ™ษนหˆfiษนษจns/

IPA: /IH0 N T ER0 F IH1 R AH0 N S/

noun
  1. 1

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

  2. 2

    The illegal obstruction of an opponent in some ball games.

    โ€œThey were glued to the TV, as the referee called out a fifteen yard penalty for interference.โ€

  3. 3

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

  4. 4

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

    โ€œThey wanted to watch the game on TV, but there was too much interference to even make out the score on the tiny screen.โ€

  5. 5

    In United States patent law, an inter partes proceeding to determine the priority issues of multiple patent applications; a priority contest.

  6. 6

    The interruption of the line between an attacked piece and its defender by sacrificially interposing a piece.

  7. 7

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

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/interference