Definitions
(American football) blocking a player's path with your body
Word origin
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.
Used in a sentence
“Somewhat impeded by constant political interference of one sort or another, British Railways are nevertheless pressing ahead with a mammoth modernisation programme; [...]”
“They were glued to the TV, as the referee called out a fifteen yard penalty for interference.”
“They wanted to watch the game on TV, but there was too much interference to even make out the score on the tiny screen.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Signal disruption”12 letters
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