interference

interference
noun
ADJECTIVE
undue, unwarranted
bureaucratic, federal (AmE), government, governmental, political, state
external, outside
VERB + INTERFERENCE
avoid, eliminate, minimize, prevent

The law is designed to prevent interference by local police.

encounter
tolerate
resent

They deeply resent foreign interference in their affairs.

PREPOSITION
without interference

I told her I wanted to make decisions without interference from her.

interference in

political interference in the legal process

interference with

interference with proper medical procedures


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  • interférence — [ ɛ̃tɛrferɑ̃s ] n. f. • 1793; angl. interference → interférer 1 ♦ (1842) Phys. Phénomène résultant de la superposition de vibrations cohérentes de même nature et de même fréquence. Interférence des rayons lumineux, des ondes sonores. Franges,… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Interference — Interférence Pour les articles homonymes, voir Interference (homonymie). Interférences d ondes planes lors de leur croisement …   Wikipédia en Français

  • interference — in·ter·fer·ence n 1 a: the act or an instance of interfering interference with contract b: something that interferes 2: a hearing to determine the priority of invention at issue in a patent dispute Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam… …   Law dictionary

  • Interference — In ter*fer ence, n. [See {Interfere}.] [1913 Webster] 1. 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. [1913 Webster] 2. (Physics) The …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • interference — [in΄tər fir′əns] n. 1. an act or instance of interfering 2. something that interferes 3. ☆ a) Football the legal blocking of opposing players in order to clear the way for the ball carrier; also, the player or players who do such blocking b)… …   English World dictionary

  • interference — interference. См. интерференция хиазм. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

  • Interference —   [engl.], Interferenz …   Universal-Lexikon

  • interference — 1783, formed irregularly from INTERFERE (Cf. interfere) on model of difference, etc. Broadcasting and telephoning sense is from 1887. In chess from 1913; in U.S. football from 1894 …   Etymology dictionary

  • interference — [n] meddling, impedance arrest, background, backseat driving*, barging in*, barring, blocking, checking, choking, clashing, clogging, conflict, hampering, hindrance, intermeddling, interposition, intervention, intrusion, meddlesomeness,… …   New thesaurus

  • interference — ► NOUN 1) the action of interfering or process of being interfered with. 2) disturbance to radio signals caused by unwanted signals from other sources. 3) Physics the combination of two or more waveforms to form a resultant in which the wave… …   English terms dictionary

  • Interference — In physics, interference is the addition (superposition) of two or more waves that result in a new wave pattern.As most commonly used, the term interference usually refers to the interaction of waves which are correlated or coherent with each… …   Wikipedia

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