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Complete Definition of "interfere"

English

Etymology
Old French entreferir, from entre, + férir, “to strike”, Latin ferire, “to strike”, “to knock”.

Verb
rfc-level|Verb at L4+ not in L3 POS section
en-verb|interfer|ing

  1. intransitive to get involved or involve oneself causing disturbance

#: I always try not to interfere with other people’s personal affairs.

  1. intransitive (physics) (of waves) to be correlated with each other when overlap|overlapped or superpose|superposed

#: Correlated waves interfere to produce interesting patterns, while uncorrelated waves overlap without interfering.
#: Where the radio-wave signals of the two radio stations interfere the listener hears nothing but noise.

Derived terms
interference

See also
busy body
interferometry

External links
Wikipedia article on interference

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