Interference
WordNet
noun
(1) (American football) blocking a player's path with your body
"He ran interference for the quarterback"
(2) The act of hindering or obstructing or impeding
(3) Any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome
(4) A policy of intervening in the affairs of other countries
(5) Electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication
WiktionaryText
Noun
- The act of interfering with something, or something that interferes.
- The illegal obstruction of an opponent in some ball games.
- They were glued to the TV, as the referee called out a fifteen yard penalty for interference.
- An effect caused by the superposition of two systems of waves, such as a distortion on a broadcast signal due to atmospheric or other effects.
- They wanted to watch the game on TV, but there was too much interference to even make out the score on the tiny screen.
- In United States patent law, an inter partes proceeding to determine the priority issues of multiple patent applications; a priority contest.