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interference
Found in thesaurus: foreign policy, act, human action, human activity, trouble, block, blocking, obstruction, obstructor, obstructer, impediment, impedimenta
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interference
n.
act of impeding or obstructing; scrambling of waves or signals (Physics, Electronics); something which scrambles waves or signals (Physics, Electronics); blocking of an opposing player (Sports)
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Interference
Interference may refer to:
Natural sciences and medicine
- Interference (communication), anything which alters, modifies, or disrupts a message as it travels along a channel
- Electromagnetic interference (EMI), disturbance that affects an electrical circuit due to either electromagnetic induction or electromagnetic radiation emitted from an external source
- Co-channel interference (CCI), also known as crosstalk
- Adjacent-channel interference (ACI), interference caused by extraneous power from a signal in an adjacent channel
- Intersymbol interference (ISI), distortion of a signal in which one symbol interferes with subsequent symbols
- Inter-carrier interference (ICI), caused by doppler shift in OFDM modulation
- Interference (genetic), a phenomenon by which a chromosomal crossover in one interval decreases the probability that additional crossovers will occur nearby
- Interference (wave propagation), in physics (optics), the superposition of two or more waves resulting in a new wave pattern
- Thin-film interference, a phenomenon that occurs when incident light waves reflected by the upper and lower boundaries of a thin film interfere with one another to form a new wave
- Interference fit, two items attempting to occupy the same space
- Interference ripples, a type of sedimentary structure made up of two sets of ripples formed at right-angles to each other as a result of there being two dominant paleocurrents
- RNA interference, a process within living cells that moderates the activity of their genes
- Statistical interference, a method of determining when one distribution of values exceeds another
- Vaccine interference, interaction between two or more vaccines mixed in the same formulation
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interference
Noun
1. a policy of intervening in the affairs of other countries
(synonym) intervention
(antonym) nonintervention, noninterference
(hypernym) foreign policy
(derivation) intervene, step in, interfere, interpose
2. the act of hindering or obstructing or impeding
(synonym) hindrance
(hypernym) act, human action, human activity
(hyponym) frustration, thwarting, foiling
(derivation) interfere
3. electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication
(synonym) noise, disturbance
(hypernym) trouble
(hyponym) clutter
4. (American football) the act of obstructing someone's path with your body; "he threw a rolling block into the line backer"
(synonym) blocking, block
(hypernym) obstruction
(hyponym) trap block
(classification) American football, American football game
5. any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome
(synonym) hindrance, hitch, preventive, preventative, encumbrance, incumbrance
(hypernym) obstruction, obstructor, obstructer, impediment, impedimenta
(hyponym) clog
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interférence
nf.
interference, interaction
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interference
n.
zasahování do čeho; pletení se do čeho; rušení signálu
