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Interference is the act of interfering, invading, or poaching. Interference may also refer to:
Communications
[edit | edit source]- Interference (communication), anything which alters, modifies, or disrupts a message
- Adjacent-channel interference, caused by extraneous power from a signal in an adjacent channel
- Co-channel interference, also known as crosstalk
- Electromagnetic interference, disturbance that affects an electrical circuit
- Inter-carrier interference, caused by Doppler shift in OFDM modulation
- Intersymbol interference, distortion caused by successive symbols
Entertainment
[edit | edit source]- Interference (band), an Irish band which formed in 1984
- Interference (Crease album), 1995
- Interference (Cubanate album), 1998
- Interference (film), Paramount's first all-talking film
- "Interference" (Prison Break episode), a 2007 episode
- Interference – Book One, a 1999 Doctor Who novel by Lawrence Miles
- Interference – Book Two, a 1999 Doctor Who novel by Lawrence Miles
- Interference (novel), a 2019 novel by Sue Burke
Science
[edit | edit source]Biology
[edit | edit source]- Crossover interference, non-random placement of crossovers with respect to each other during meiosis
- RNA interference, a process within living cells that moderates the activity of their genes
- Vaccine interference, interaction between two or more vaccines mixed in the same formulation
- Viral interference, one viral infection inhibiting another
- Interference (clinical chemistry), defined as a cause of medically significant difference in the measurand test result due to another component or property of the sample
Physics
[edit | edit source]- Interference engine
- Interference fit, in engineering
- Interference lithography, in optics
- Thin-film interference, in optics
- Wave interference, in physics
Other
[edit | edit source]- Interference ripples, in geology
- Interference theory, in psychology
Sports
[edit | edit source]- Pass interference, a penalty in American football and Canadian Football
- Interference (baseball), changing the course of play from what is expected
- Interference (ice hockey)
Other uses
[edit | edit source]- Interference (chess)
- Interference proceeding, in U.S. patent law
- Interfering thread nut, a type of locknut
- Statistical interference, in statistics
See also
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