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The act of interfering with something, or something that interferes.
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The illegal obstruction of an opponent in some ball games.
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They were glued to the TV, as the referee called out a fifteen yard penalty for interference.
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An effect caused by the superposition of two systems of waves.
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A distortion on a broadcast signal due to atmospheric or other effects.
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They wanted to watch the game on TV, but there was too much interference to even make out the score on the tiny screen.
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In United States patent law, an inter partes proceeding to determine the priority issues of multiple patent applications; a priority contest.
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The interruption of the line between an attacked piece and its defender by sacrificially interposing a piece.
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The situation where a person who knows two languages inappropriately transfers lexical items or structures from one to the other.