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noun. The act or an instance of hindering, obstructing, or impeding.

noun. Something that hinders, obstructs, or impedes.

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noun. Illegal obstruction or hindrance of an opposing player, such as hindrance of a receiver by a defender in football, hindrance of a fielder by a base runner in baseball, or checking a player not in possession of the puck in ice hockey.

noun. The legal blocking of defensive tacklers to protect and make way for the ball carrier.

noun. The variation of wave amplitude that occurs from the superposition of two or more waves.

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noun. The inhibition or prevention of clear reception of broadcast signals.

noun. The distorted portion of a received signal.

noun. The negative or distorting effect that new learning can have on previous learning or that previous learning can have on new learning.

noun. In base-ball and foot-ball, the act of interfering. See interfere, v. i., 5 and 6.

noun. The act of interfering; interposition; especially, intermeddling.

noun. A clashing or collision; the act of coming into violent contact.

noun. In farriery, a striking of one foot against the one next to it, as one hind foot against the other.

noun. In Amer. patent law, the conflict between two patents or applications for patent which claim in whole or in part the same invention.

noun. In physics, the mutual action of waves of any kind (whether those in water, or sound-, heat-, or light-waves) upon one another, by which, under certain conditions, the vibrations and their effects are increased, diminished, or neutralized.

noun. The act or state of interfering

noun. The mutual influence, under certain conditions, as from streams of light, or pulsations of sound, or, generally, two waves or vibrations of any kind, producing certain characteristic phenomena, as colored fringes, dark bands, or darkness, in the case of light, silence or increased intensity in sounds; neutralization or superposition of waves generally.

noun. The act or state of interfering, or of claiming a right to the same invention.

noun. the figures observed when certain sections of crystallized bodies are viewed in converging polarized light; thus, a section of a uniaxial crystal, cut normal to the vertical axis, shows a series of concentric colored rings with a single black cross; -- so called because produced by the interference of luminous waves.

noun. See Fringe.

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

noun. The illegal obstruction of an opponent in some ball games.

noun. 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.

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

noun. (American football) blocking a player's path with your body

noun. electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication

noun. the act of hindering or obstructing or impeding

noun. a policy of intervening in the affairs of other countries

noun. any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome

"Poirot himself remains unchanged, although his interference is a catalyst for the woman's change."

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