interfere

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.1.1 Translations 1.4 See also 1.5 External links

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[edit] Etymology

Old French entreferir, from entre, + férir, “to strike”, Latin ferire, “to strike”, “to knock”.

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to interfere (third-person singular simple present interferes, present participle interfering, simple past and past participle interfered)

1. (intransitive) To get involved or involve oneself causing disturbance.

   I always try not to interfere with other people’s personal affairs.

2. (intransitive) (physics) (of waves) To be correlated with each other when overlapped or superposed.

   Correlated waves interfere to produce interesting patterns, while uncorrelated waves overlap without interfering.

   Where the radio-wave signals of the two radio stations interfere the listener hears nothing but noise.

[edit] Derived terms

• interference

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[edit] See also

• busy body
• interferometry

[edit] External links

• Wikipedia article on interference