interference

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• CMU ARPABET: IH2 N T ER0 F IH1 R AH0 N S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From interfere + -ence. The sense in physics was likely introduced by English polymath Thomas Young, which he used as early as 1801 in a paper in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.

103 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: تَدَاخُل (tadāḵul) — act of interfering with something, or something that interferes
• Belarusian: умяша́нне (umjašánnje) — act of interfering with something, or something that interferes
• Bulgarian: наме́са (namésa) — act of interfering with something, or something that interferes
• Bulgarian: вмеша́телство (vmešátelstvo) — act of interfering with something, or something that interferes
• Chinese Mandarin: 阻礙 /阻碍 (zǔ'ài) — act of interfering with something, or something that interferes
• Chinese Mandarin: 干涉 (gānshè) — act of interfering with something, or something that interferes
• Chinese Mandarin: 干預 (gānyù) — act of interfering with something, or something that interferes
• Danish: interferens — act of interfering with something, or something that interferes
• Dutch: bemoeien — act of interfering with something, or something that interferes
• Esperanto: interfero — act of interfering with something, or something that interferes
• Esperanto: interferoj — act of interfering with something, or something that interferes
• Finnish: häirintä — act of interfering with something, or something that interferes
• Finnish: häiritseminen — act of interfering with something, or something that interferes
• Finnish: väliintulo — act of interfering with something, or something that interferes
• Finnish: puuttuminen — act of interfering with something, or something that interferes
• Finnish: häiriö — act of interfering with something, or something that interferes
• Finnish: häiriötekijä — act of interfering with something, or something that interferes
• French: ingérence — act of interfering with something, or something that interferes
• Galician: inxerencia — act of interfering with something, or something that interferes
• Galician: interferencia — act of interfering with something, or something that interferes
• Galician: intromisión — act of interfering with something, or something that interferes
• Georgian: ჩარევა (čareva) — act of interfering with something, or something that interferes
• German: Einmischung — act of interfering with something, or something that interferes
• Indonesian: campur tangan — act of interfering with something, or something that interferes
• Irish: éaradh — act of interfering with something, or something that interferes
• Italian: intromissione — act of interfering with something, or something that interferes
• Malay: gangguan — act of interfering with something, or something that interferes
• Māori: whawhenga — act of interfering with something, or something that interferes
• Persian: تداخل (tadâxol) — act of interfering with something, or something that interferes
• Polish: ingerencja — act of interfering with something, or something that interferes
• Polish: wtrącanie się — act of interfering with something, or something that interferes
• Polish: interferencja — act of interfering with something, or something that interferes
• Portuguese: interferência — act of interfering with something, or something that interferes
• Romanian: interferență — act of interfering with something, or something that interferes
• Russian: вмеша́тельство (vmešátelʹstvo) — act of interfering with something, or something that interferes
• Russian: поме́ха (poméxa) — act of interfering with something, or something that interferes
• Russian: препя́тствие (prepjátstvije) — act of interfering with something, or something that interferes
• Scots: intermeddling — act of interfering with something, or something that interferes
• Spanish: injerencia — act of interfering with something, or something that interferes
• Spanish: interferencia — act of interfering with something, or something that interferes
• Spanish: intromisión — act of interfering with something, or something that interferes
• Swedish: interferens — act of interfering with something, or something that interferes
• Turkish: engelleme — act of interfering with something, or something that interferes
• Turkish: müdahale — act of interfering with something, or something that interferes
• Ukrainian: втруча́ння (vtručánnja) — act of interfering with something, or something that interferes
• Bulgarian: засло́н (zaslón) — illegal obstruction of an opponent in some ball games
• Catalan: interferència — illegal obstruction of an opponent in some ball games
• Czech: nedovolené bránění — illegal obstruction of an opponent in some ball games
• Finnish: häirintä — illegal obstruction of an opponent in some ball games
• Finnish: estäminen — illegal obstruction of an opponent in some ball games
• Indonesian: kecurangan lawan — illegal obstruction of an opponent in some ball games
• Afrikaans: interferensie — effect caused by the superposition of two systems of waves
• Arabic: تَدَاخُل (tadāḵul) — effect caused by the superposition of two systems of waves
• Bulgarian: интерфере́нция (interferéncija) — effect caused by the superposition of two systems of waves
• Chinese Mandarin: 干涉 (gānshè) — effect caused by the superposition of two systems of waves
• Danish: interferens — effect caused by the superposition of two systems of waves
• Dutch: interferentie — effect caused by the superposition of two systems of waves
• Dutch: storing — effect caused by the superposition of two systems of waves
• Esperanto: interfero — effect caused by the superposition of two systems of waves
• Esperanto: interferoj — effect caused by the superposition of two systems of waves
• Farefare: dãampuugo — effect caused by the superposition of two systems of waves
• Finnish: interferenssi — effect caused by the superposition of two systems of waves
• French: interférence — effect caused by the superposition of two systems of waves
• Galician: interferencia — effect caused by the superposition of two systems of waves
• German: Interferenz — effect caused by the superposition of two systems of waves
• German: Störung — effect caused by the superposition of two systems of waves
• Hindi: व्यतिकरण (vyatikraṇ) — effect caused by the superposition of two systems of waves
• Hindi: अंतरक्षेप (antrakṣep) — effect caused by the superposition of two systems of waves
• Hungarian: interferencia — effect caused by the superposition of two systems of waves
• Indonesian: gangguan — effect caused by the superposition of two systems of waves
• Indonesian: interferensi — effect caused by the superposition of two systems of waves
• Japanese: 干渉 (kanshō) — effect caused by the superposition of two systems of waves
• Korean: 간섭 (ganseop) — effect caused by the superposition of two systems of waves
• Malay: inteferens — effect caused by the superposition of two systems of waves
• Māori: whakararurarutanga — effect caused by the superposition of two systems of waves
• Norwegian Bokmål: interferens — effect caused by the superposition of two systems of waves
• Persian: تداخل (tadâxol) — effect caused by the superposition of two systems of waves
• Polish: interferencja — effect caused by the superposition of two systems of waves
• Portuguese: interferência — effect caused by the superposition of two systems of waves
• Russian: интерфере́нция (interferéncija) — effect caused by the superposition of two systems of waves
• Spanish: interferencia — effect caused by the superposition of two systems of waves
• Tagalog: kahilabtan — effect caused by the superposition of two systems of waves
• Turkish: enterferans — effect caused by the superposition of two systems of waves
• Turkish: girişim — effect caused by the superposition of two systems of waves
• Ukrainian: інтерфере́нція (interferéncija) — effect caused by the superposition of two systems of waves
• Bulgarian: смуще́ния (smušténija) — distortion on a broadcast signal due to atmospheric or other effects
• Catalan: interferència — distortion on a broadcast signal due to atmospheric or other effects
• Catalan: paràsit — distortion on a broadcast signal due to atmospheric or other effects
• Finnish: häiriö — distortion on a broadcast signal due to atmospheric or other effects
• German: Störung — distortion on a broadcast signal due to atmospheric or other effects
• Hungarian: interferencia — distortion on a broadcast signal due to atmospheric or other effects
• Indonesian: gangguan — distortion on a broadcast signal due to atmospheric or other effects
• Portuguese: interferência — distortion on a broadcast signal due to atmospheric or other effects
• Russian: поме́хи (poméxi) — distortion on a broadcast signal due to atmospheric or other effects
• Swedish: störning — distortion on a broadcast signal due to atmospheric or other effects
• Tagalog: kahilabtan — distortion on a broadcast signal due to atmospheric or other effects
• Turkish: karışma — distortion on a broadcast signal due to atmospheric or other effects
• Turkish: parazit — distortion on a broadcast signal due to atmospheric or other effects
• Turkish: müdahale — legal, patent law: inter partes proceeding to determine the priority issues of multiple patent applications
• Polish: przesłona — chess: type of defensive move
• Hindi: व्याघात (vyāghāt) — linguistics: negative or inappropriate language transfer
• Hindi: व्यतिकरण (vyatikraṇ) — linguistics: negative or inappropriate language transfer
• Ukrainian: інтерфере́нція (interferéncija) — linguistics: negative or inappropriate language transfer