[{"word":"interferences","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"The act of interfering with something, or something that interferes.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"The illegal obstruction of an opponent in some ball games.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"They were glued to the TV, as the referee called out a fifteen yard penalty for interference."},{"definition":"An effect caused by the superposition of two systems of waves.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A distortion on a broadcast signal due to atmospheric or other effects.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"They wanted to watch the game on TV, but there was too much interference to even make out the score on the tiny screen."},{"definition":"In United States patent law, an inter partes proceeding to determine the priority issues of multiple patent applications; a priority contest.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"The interruption of the line between an attacked piece and its defender by sacrificially interposing a piece.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"The situation where a person who knows two languages inappropriately transfers lexical items or structures from one to the other.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":["noninterference"]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/interference","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/interferences"]}]