interference
Other forms: interferences
Interference is something that is in your way. If the sound of your sister's band practicing keeps you from getting your homework done, that’s interference.
Governments are sometimes accused of interference in other countries' affairs. If your neighbor’s in a civil war and your president sends in troops, your country may be accused of interference in that country's internal affairs, If all you hear on your radio is static, you’ve got interference — something is blocking the clear signal. And when a football player blocks another player, that's also interference. The Latin roots of interference are entre-, “between,” and ferire, “strike.”
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the act of hindering or obstructing or impedingsynonyms: hinderance, hindrancetypes:antagonism(biochemistry) interference in or inhibition of the physiological action of a chemical substance by another having a similar structureobstructionthe act of obstructingcomplicationthe act or process of complicatingdeterrencethe act or process of discouraging actions or preventing occurrences by instilling fear or doubt or anxietydiscouragementthe act of discouragingnuclear deterrencethe military doctrine that an enemy will be deterred from using nuclear weapons as long as he can be destroyed as a consequenceavertingthe act of preventing something from occurringdebarmentthe act of prevention by legal meansdisqualificationthe act of preventing someone from participating by finding them unqualifiedinterceptionthe act of preventing a person or thing from proceeding or arrivingnon-proliferation, nonproliferationthe prevention of something increasing or spreading (especially the prevention of an increase in the number of countries possessing nuclear weapons)forestalling, obviation, preclusionthe act of preventing something by anticipating and disposing of it effectivelyprophylaxisthe prevention of diseasesave(sports) the act of preventing the opposition from scoringobstruction of justiceimpeding those who seek justice in a court (as by trying to influence or intimidate any juror or witness or officer of the court); can result in a finding of contempt of courttype of:
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(American football) blocking a player's path with your body
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any obstruction that impedes or is burdensomesynonyms: encumbrance, hinderance, hindrance, hitch, incumbrance, preventative, preventivetypes:clogany object that acts as a hindrance or obstructionspeed bumpa hindrance to speeding created by a crosswise ridge in the surface of a roadwaytype of:impediment, impedimenta, obstructer, obstruction, obstructorany structure that makes progress difficult
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a policy of intervening in the affairs of other countriessynonyms: interventionantonyms:noninterferencea foreign policy of staying out of other countries' disputestype of:foreign policya policy governing international relations
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electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communicationsynonyms: disturbance, noisetypes:clutterunwanted echoes that interfere with the observation of signals on a radar screenbackground, background signalextraneous signals that can be confused with the phenomenon to be observed or measuredfadeouta gradual temporary loss of a transmitted signal due to electrical disturbancesjittersmall rapid variations in a waveform resulting from fluctuations in the voltage supply or mechanical vibrations or other sourcesatmospheric static, atmospherics, statica crackling or hissing noise caused by electrical interferencewhite noisea noise produced by a stimulus containing all of the audible frequencies of vibrationbackground noise, ground noiseextraneous noise contaminating sound measurements that cannot be separated from the desired signalbackground radiationradiation coming from sources other than those being observedradio noisestatic at radio wavelengthstype of:troublean event causing distress or pain
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