interference
noun
[ ɪntəˈfɪər(ə)ns ]
• the action of interfering or the process of being interfered with.
• "concerns about government interference in church life"
Similar:
intrusion,
intervention,
intercession,
involvement,
impinging,
encroaching,
trespass,
trespassing,
obtrusion,
butting in,
barging in,
meddling,
meddlesomeness,
tampering,
prying,
poking around,
nosing around,
horning in,
muscling in,
gatecrashing,
• the combination of two or more electromagnetic waveforms to form a resultant wave in which the displacement is either reinforced or cancelled.
Origin:
mid 18th century: from interfere, on the pattern of words such as difference .
