Interference

Noun

 * 1) The act of interfering with something, or something that interferes.
 * 2)  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.
 * 1)  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.
 * 1) 🇺🇸 In United States patent law, an inter partes proceeding to determine the priority issues of multiple patent applications; a priority contest.

Antonyms

 * non-interference

Derived terms

 * interference drag
 * interference filter
 * interference fit
 * interference fringes
 * interference microscope

Adjectives for Interference
slightest; untimely; impertinent; feeble; ill-judged; arrogant; avoidable; unwarranted; providential; destructive; judicial; intolerant; mutual; optical; hostile; unexpected; unauthorized; supernatural; jealous; imperative; humane; watchful; hot; outside; needless; powerful.

Verbs for Interference
brook—; counteract—; encounter—; inveigh against—; justify—; oppose—; overcome—; provoke—; refrain from—; resent—; restrict—; tolerate—; withdraw—; —agitates;—blocks; —chokes; —clogs; —disheartens; —distresses; —hinders; —impedes; —meddles; —retards.

Thesaurus
amplitude, antagonism, antinode, antipathy, arrest, arrestation, arrestment, atmospherics, backlash, blaring, blasting, blind spot, block, blockage, blocking, check, clashing, clogging, closing up, closure, collision, conflict, confutation, constriction, contradiction, contraposition, contrariety, counteraction, counterposition, counterworking, cramp, crankiness, crawling, creeping, crest, crotchetiness, de Broglie wave, delay, detainment, detention, difficulty, diffraction, dissent, drift, electromagnetic radiation, electromagnetic wave, encroachment, encumbrance, entrance, entrenchment, fade-out, fading, fixation, foot-dragging, frequency, frequency band, frequency spectrum, friction, frustration, guided wave, hampering, handicap, hindering, hindrance, hitch, holdback, holdup, impedance, impediment, impingement, imposition, in phase, incursion, infiltration, influx, infringement, inhibition, injection, inroad, insinuation, interceding, intercession, interjection, interloping, interposition, interposure, interruption, intervention, intruding, intrusion, invasion, irruption, kick, let, light, longitudinal wave, mechanical wave, meddling, negativism, node, noise, nonconformity, nuisance value, obstruction, obstructionism, obtrusion, occlusion, opposition, opposure, oppugnance, oppugnancy, out of phase, period, periodic wave, perverseness, radio wave, ray, reaction, recalcitrance, reception, recoil, reinforcement, renitency, repercussion, repression, repugnance, resistance, resonance, resonance frequency, restraint, restriction, retardation, retardment, revolt, seismic wave, setback, shock wave, snag, sound wave, squeeze, static, stranglehold, stricture, suppression, surface wave, swimming upstream, tidal wave, transverse wave, trespass, trespassing, trough, unlawful entry, wave, wave equation, wave motion, wave number, wavelength

Translations

 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: häirintä, väliintulo, puuttuminen


 * Persian: تداخل
 * Swedish: interferens


 * Finnish:


 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Korean: 간섭


 * Norwegian: interferens
 * Persian: تداخل


 * Finnish:


 * Russian: помехи