interference

IPA: ɪntɝfˈɪrʌns

The act of interfering with something, or something that interferes.
(sports) The illegal obstruction of an opponent in some ball games.
(physics) An effect caused by the superposition of two systems of waves.
A distortion on a broadcast signal due to atmospheric or other effects.
(US, law) In United States patent law, an inter partes proceeding to determine the priority issues of multiple patent applications; a priority contest.
(chess) The interruption of the line between an attacked piece and its defender by sacrificially interposing a piece.
(linguistics) The situation where a person who knows two languages inappropriately transfers lexical items or structures from one to the other.

Examples of "interference" in Sentences

Well, the militant group Hamas is protesting what it calls interference by the U.S. and Israel.
Poirot himself remains unchanged, although his interference is a catalyst for the woman's change.
The official who resigned said he walked off because of what he calls interference of foreigners.
Mugabe, in return, lambasted Britain for what he called interference in his country's internal affairs.
Thirty six members of Jordan's major tribes have attacked what they called the interference of Queen Rania.
A spokesman for President Robert Mugabe lashed out at foreign countries at what he calls their interference with the country's election process.
He was somebody who even while the Syrians were here, was unsparing in his criticism about Syrian involvement and what he called interference in Lebanon.
Scott McClellan telling reporters that the Bush administration is deeply concerned about what he called interference and intimidation by Syrian operatives in Lebanon.
The delegations of Russia, China and Cuba all took the floor to denounce what they called interference in Syria's internal affairs and said that they would vote against the text.