Meaning

7 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The act of interfering with something, or something that interferes.

    Einmischung

    вмеша́тельствоvmešátelʹstvo, поме́хаpoméxa, препя́тствиеprepjátstvije

    втруча́нняvtručánnja

    the act of hindering or obstructing or impeding

  2. (countable, uncountable)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. (countable, uncountable)An effect caused by the superposition of two systems of waves.

    Interferenz, Störung

    интерфере́нцияinterferéncija

    інтерфере́нціяinterferéncija

  4. (countable, uncountable)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.

    Störung

    поме́хиpoméxi

  5. (US, countable, uncountable)In United States patent law, an inter partes proceeding to determine the priority issues of multiple patent applications; a priority contest.

  6. (countable, uncountable)The interruption of the line between an attacked piece and its defender by sacrificially interposing a piece.

  7. (countable, uncountable)A negative or inappropriate language transfer.

    інтерфере́нціяinterferéncija

Examples

9 sentences
  1. The biggest problem in Tom and Mary's marriage is Mary's mother's interference.

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  2. How do you handle language interference or mixing up words?

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  3. I won't allow you to continue your interference in my daughter's life.

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  4. There is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation.

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  5. Russia, the European Union and the U.S. are accusing each other of interference in Ukraine's domestic affairs.

    ruРоссия, Европейский Союз и США обвиняют друг друга во вмешательстве во внутренние дела Украины.

    deRussland, die Europäische Union und die USA beschuldigen einander, sich in die inneren Angelegenheiten der Ukraine einzumischen.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
act of interfering with something, or something that interferes:
effect caused by the superposition of two systems of waves:
Русский
By meaning 3
act of interfering with something, or something that interferes:
effect caused by the superposition of two systems of waves:
distortion on a broadcast signal due to atmospheric or other effects:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
act of interfering with something, or something that interferes:
effect caused by the superposition of two systems of waves:

Origin

From interfere + -ence. The sense in physics was likely introduced by English polymath Tho

From interfere + -ence. The sense in physics was likely introduced by English polymath Thomas Young, which he used as early as 1801 in a paper in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.

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