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INTERFERENCE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(American football) blocking a player's path with your body
Example:
he ran interference for the quarterback
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("interference" is a kind of...):
block; blocking (the act of obstructing or deflecting someone's movements)
Domain category:
American football; American football game (a game played by two teams of 11 players on a rectangular field 100 yards long; teams try to get possession of the ball and advance it across the opponents goal line in a series of (running or passing) plays)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The act of hindering or obstructing or impeding
Synonyms:
hinderance; hindrance; interference
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("interference" is a kind of...):
act; deed; human action; human activity (something that people do or cause to happen)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "interference"):
foiling; frustration; thwarting (an act of hindering someone's plans or efforts)
antagonism ((biochemistry) interference in or inhibition of the physiological action of a chemical substance by another having a similar structure)
obstruction (the act of obstructing)
complication (the act or process of complicating)
deterrence (the act or process of discouraging actions or preventing occurrences by instilling fear or doubt or anxiety)
bar; prevention (the act of preventing)
Derivation:
interfere (come between so as to be hindrance or obstacle)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome
Synonyms:
encumbrance; hinderance; hindrance; hitch; incumbrance; interference; preventative; preventive
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("interference" is a kind of...):
impediment; impedimenta; obstructer; obstruction; obstructor (any structure that makes progress difficult)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "interference"):
clog (any object that acts as a hindrance or obstruction)
speed bump (a hindrance to speeding created by a crosswise ridge in the surface of a roadway)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A policy of intervening in the affairs of other countries
Synonyms:
interference; intervention
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("interference" is a kind of...):
foreign policy (a policy governing international relations)
Antonym:
noninterference (a foreign policy of staying out of other countries' disputes)
Derivation:
interfere (get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or through force or threat of force)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication
Synonyms:
disturbance; interference; noise
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("interference" is a kind of...):
trouble (an event causing distress or pain)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "interference"):
clutter (unwanted echoes that interfere with the observation of signals on a radar screen)
background; background signal (extraneous signals that can be confused with the phenomenon to be observed or measured)
crosstalk; XT (the presence of an unwanted signal via an accidental coupling)
fadeout (a gradual temporary loss of a transmitted signal due to electrical disturbances)
jitter (small rapid variations in a waveform resulting from fluctuations in the voltage supply or mechanical vibrations or other sources)
atmospheric static; atmospherics; static (a crackling or hissing noise caused by electrical interference)
white noise (a noise produced by a stimulus containing all of the audible frequencies of vibration)
Context examples:
Usually this occurred at night, so as to avoid interference from the mounted police of the Territory.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
It was quite evident that he feared, or was jealous of, some interference.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
Calcium Channel Inhibition involves interference with, or restraint of, the activities of cell membrane glycoproteins selectively permeable to calcium ions.
(Calcium Channel Inhibition, NCI Thesaurus)
Activation of a system without outside interference.
(Auto-triggered, NCI Thesaurus)
An Antimicrobial Effect involves interference with, or restraint of, the activities of biologic molecules and complexes, or cellular components involved in the life cycle of a microorganism, resulting in suppression of microbial growth.
(Antimicrobial Effect, NCI Thesaurus)
“Excuse my interference—it was kindly meant.”
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
This leads to interference with the translational initiation complex, misreading of mRNA, and eventually leads to inhibition of protein synthesis.
(Capreomycin, NCI Thesaurus)
Using a technique called RNA interference, the researchers then prevented orexin genes from turning on.
(The Mechanism of Panic Attacks, NIH, US)
A condition caused by blocking the airways to the lungs and interference with the respiration by compression or obstruction of the larynx or trachea.
(Choking, NCI Thesaurus)
Carbohydrate Processing Inhibition consists of interference with, or restraint of, activities involved in assembly of carbohydrate-linked structures on cell surfaces, such as inhibition of enzymes responsible for the formation of these structures.
(Carbohydrate Processing Inhibition, NCI Thesaurus)
