interference

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

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Definition

  1. noun a policy of intervening in the affairs of other countries
  2. noun the act of hindering or obstructing or impeding
  3. noun electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication

Etymology

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.

In classic literature

Synonyms

intervention

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