interference

See also: interférence

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɪntəɹˈfiɹɨns/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌɪntəˈfiɹəns/

Noun

interference (countable and uncountable, plural interferences)

1. The act of interfering with something, or something that interferes.
2. (sports) 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.

3. (physics) An effect caused by the superposition of two systems of waves, such as 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.

4. (US, law) In United States patent law, an inter partes proceeding to determine the priority issues of multiple patent applications; a priority contest.
5. (chess) The interruption of the line between an attacked piece and its defender by sacrificially interposing a piece.

Antonyms

• noninterference

Derived terms

Derived terms

• interference drag
• interference filter
• interference fit

• interference fringes
• interference microscope
• negative interference
• positive interference

Translations

act of interfering with something

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阻礙 (zh), 干涉 (zh), 干預 (zh)

• Dutch: bemoeien (nl)
• Finnish: häirintä (fi), väliintulo, puuttuminen (fi)
• Irish: éaradh m
• Maori: whawhenga

• Persian: تداخل‏‎ (fa)
• Polish: ingerencja (pl) f
• Romanian: interferență (ro) f
• Russian: вмеша́тельство (ru) n (vmešátelʹstvo), поме́ха (ru) f (poméxa), препя́тствие (ru) n (prepjátstvije)
• Swedish: interferens (sv) c

illegal obstruction of an opponent in some ball games

• Catalan: interferència (ca) f
• Czech: nedovolené bránění n

• Finnish: häirintä (fi), estäminen (fi)

effect caused by the superposition of two systems of waves

• Afrikaans: interferensie
• Finnish: interferenssi
• German: Interferenz (de), Störung (de) f
• Hungarian: interferencia (hu)
• Korean: 간섭 (ko) (gansub)

• Norwegian: interferens m
• Persian: تداخل‏‎ (fa)
• Polish: interferencja f
• Russian: интерференция (ru) (interferencija)
• Tagalog: kahilabtan

distortion on a broadcast signal due to atmospheric or other effects

• Finnish: häiriö (fi)
• German: Störung (de) f
• Hungarian: interferencia (hu)

• Russian: поме́хи (ru) f pl (poméxi)
• Swedish: störning (sv) c
• Tagalog: kahilabtan