Form of competition where an individual directly prevents the physical establishment of another individual in a portion of a habitat.

– Anything that alters or disrupts a message as it travels between the sender and the receiver.

 A memory phenomenon that occurs when retrieval cues do not point effectively to one specific memory.

The amplitudes of waves moving into the same region of space add to produce a single resultant wave. The resultang wave can have higher or lower amplitude than the component waves. See constructive in [..]

1783, "intermeddling," from interfere on model of difference, etc. In physics, in reference to the mutual action of waves on each other, from 1802, coined in this sense by English scientist [..]

Click for a picture Wave interference in Thomas Young's double-slit experiment (Source: Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double-slit_experiments) The ability of two waves passing through e [..]

The superposition of two or more waves resulting in an amplitude of the composite wave not necessarily the algebraic sum of the amplitudes of each of its components. The simplest example is the superp [..]

in acoustics, occurs when two Sound Waves interact and form a resultant wave of greater or lower Amplitude.

eitherConduct that unreasonably interrupts normal operations and hinders performance of the work, or Parts, or processes, that interfere one with another preventing the completion of the whole. [D0500 [..]

example is the radiation from a fluorescent light, which emits abroad spectrum of electromagnetic radiation, including radiationthat may be harmful to a signal not protected by either shielding oradequate twisting.

Unwanted communication channel noise.

An administrative proceeding before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to determine who gets the patent in situations where two pending applications (or a pending application and a patent issued wit [..]

intervention: a policy of intervening in the affairs of other countries hindrance: the act of hindering or obstructing or impeding noise: electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication [..]

    A distraction resulting in the player losing their awareness of their intention and of the motion they are creating.

In general, extraneous energy, from natural or man-made sources, that impedes the reception of desired signals. 2. A coherent emission having a relatively narrow spectral content, e.g., a radio emission from another transmitter at approximately the same frequency, or having a harmonic frequency approximately the same as, another emission of interes [..]

A procedure declared by the patent office when it appears that two or more people made the same invention at roughly the same time. It is an expensive, lengthy court-like proceeding designed to determine who was the first true inventor. About 0.1% of patents are involved in interference proceedings.

Degree to which one crossover interferes with additional crossovers. © 2005 by W. H. Freeman and Company. All rights reserved. Pierce, B. Genetics: A conceptual approach. 2nd Edition.

1. Term describing the blocking of learning and or recall by remembering conflicting material. Many sources, prior and subsequent learning, material presentation. 2. Mutual effect of 2 meeting light, [..]

intererence (pop)

Unwanted electrical signals or noise causing degradation of reception on a communications circuit.

1 a : the act or an instance of interfering [ with contract] b : something that interferes 2 : a hearing to determine the priority of invention at issue in a patent dispute

getting in the way

A superposition of waves for which the combined waveform has a greater amplitude.

A superposition of waves for which the combined waveform has a smaller amplitude.

(1) The superposing of one wave on another. (2) The mutual effect of two beams of light, resulting in a reduction of energy in certain areas and an increase of energy in others.

Phenomenon of light where the relative phase difference between two light waves produces light or dark spots, a result of light's wavelike nature

a range of phenomena associated with the superposition of waves

formation of points of cancellation and reinforcement where two coherent waves pass through each other

The act of interfering with something, or something that interferes. (sports) The illegal obstruction of an opponent in some ball games.

Interference is a term associated with the grant of patents. It is a proceeding for the purpose of determining which of two or more applicants for patents on the same invention is the legally recogniz [..]

(n) a policy of intervening in the affairs of other countries(n) the act of hindering or obstructing or impeding(n) electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication(n) (American football [..]

Interference can best be described as the effect of unwanted signals or noise on the reception of a wanted signal. Interference may prevent reception altogether, may cause only a temporary loss of a s [..]

A signal impairment caused by the interaction of another unwanted signal.

(n.) The property of radiation, explainable by the wave theory, in which waves that are in phase can add (constructive interference) and waves that are out of phase can subtract (destructive interfere [..]

According to behaviorist learning theory, the patterns of the learner's mother tongue (L1) get in the way of learning the patterns of the L2. This is referred to as 'interference'.

 High-frequency parasitic current that is either conducted (electrostatic origin) or radiated (electromagnetic origin) by a device.

It is a multi-layer coating with a spectral characteristic that filters out infra-red light (light with wavelength of 650 nm or above). A CCD or CMOS device is sensitive not only to wavelengths (400 t [..]

 An assumption. See heuristic.  

Involvement in something without any invitation or justification.

Unwanted radio frequency energy that tends to interfere with the reception of the desired signals. May come from adjacent channels, adjacent networks or sources local to the earth station.

Extraneous energy which tends to interfere with the reception of the desired signals.

A Gene Silencing phenomenon whereby specific dsRNAs (RNA, Double-Stranded) trigger the degradation of homologous mRNA (RNA, Messenger). The specific dsRNAs are processed into Small Interfering RNA (si [..]

A phenomenon in which Infection by a first Virus results in resistance of Cells or Tissues to Infection by a second, unrelated Virus.

see PROAC'NON, RETROACTION; cf. INHIBITION.

The transfer of certain phenomena from one language to another where they are not considered grammatical. This may happen on an individual level (during second language learning, for example) or colle [..]

(of viruses) the action of one virus in modifying the usual effect of another virus. Such viruses are often related.

Interference refers to the harmful effects industrial compounds can have on POTW operations, such as killing or inhibiting beneficial microorganisms or causing treatment process upsets or sludge conta [..]

Cancellation of some wavelengths of light due to varying path lengths of light reflected from both surfaces of a thin layer of transparent material of RI different to the transmitting medium. With whi [..]

Anything that impedes the communication of a message. Interference can be external or internal to listeners.

1. Unwanted and confusing signals or patterns produced by nearby electrical equipment or machinery, or by atmospheric phenomena. 2. The variation of wave amplitude with distance or time, caused by sup [..]

an offensive player or team member that impedes, hinders or confuses a defensive player attempting to execute a play

A penalty called when a player impedes an opponent as he attempts to catch a pass.

a call that disrupts the flow of the opponents' bidding sequence

An act by a fielder which hinders a players attempt to hit a pitch or an act by a member of the team at bat that impedes a fielder attempting to make a play.

A measure of the independence of crossover events from each other, calculated by subtracting the coefficient of coincidence from 1.

A legally thrown ball is interfered with while moving by someone or something not on the playing surface before the throw.

A type of administrative action that takes place in the …

An interaction detrimental to one or more competing sympatric populations.

Any energy that interferes with the clear reception of a signal is referred to as interference. For example, if one person is speaking, the sound of a second person's voice interferes with the first. See noise.

1. Crackling or distorting or a radio or television signal 2. Interfering taking part in something that has nothing to do with you

A multiparty priority proceeding in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office wherein two or more parties claim the same invention. The parties present evidence of conception and reduction to practice with [..]

electrical noise induced upon the signal wires that obscures the wanted information signal; inhibition or prevention of clear reception of broadcast signals.

Under the former US "first to invent" law, a patent went to the first person to invent an invention (as opposed to "first inventor to file" system, in effect for ap [..]

Any disturbance that produces an undesirable response or degrades a signal. Any unwanted radio frequency signal. In general, extraneous energy, from natural or man-made sources, that impedes the recep [..]

The act of interfering with something, or something that interferes. (sports) The illegal obstruction of an opponent in some ball games. ''They were glued to the TV, as the referee called out a [..]