Interference
[ɪntə'fɪər(ə)ns] or [,ɪntɚ'fɪrəns]
Definition
(noun.) (American football) blocking a player's path with your body; 'he ran interference for the quarterback'.
Editor: Stu--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act or state of interfering; as, the stoppage of a machine by the interference of some of its parts; a meddlesome interference in the business of others.
(n.) The mutual influence, under certain conditions, of two streams of light, or series of 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.
(n.) The act or state of interfering, or of claiming a right to the same invention.
Typist: Lycurgus
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Intermeddling, interposition.[2]. Clashing, opposition, interfering, collision.
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Examples
- Paul, then, might dance with whom he would--and woe be to the interference which put him out of step. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- She herself would disdain my interference. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Some explanation of the position in which Mr. Blake's interference has placed her as an authoress, seems due on the ground of common justice. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Madame Fosco and I leave this house when and how we please, without interference of any kind on your part. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Like China under the Mings, Japan had set her face resolutely against the interference of foreigners in her affairs. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Wise ushers avoid unnecessary interference with that lad. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I am more afraid of his interference than I am of Sir Percival's violence. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Interferencefruitless interference. Jane Austen. Emma.
- It is unnecessary to say that my interference enabled me, in due course of time, to ascertain the purport of the Young Person's remarks. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- There are a number of kinds of interference which arise from electrical disturbances in the earth’s atmosphere. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Count Fosco's interference has secured me access to you to-day, but he may withdraw that interference to-morrow. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Frederick Lamb laughed long, loud, and heartily, at his father's interference. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- The interference by social arrangements with Nature, God's work, is the primary source of corruption in individuals. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- You are more likely to have done harm to yourself, than good to them, by interference. Jane Austen. Emma.
- The other incident is as follows: Soon after I had got out the incandescent light I had an interference in the Patent Office with a man from Wisconsin. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- And such interferences lead straight to the cessation of work, that is, of the production of necessary things. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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