interferences
- 1Plural of interference.
Spectral interferences from other elements can distort the instrument's readings.
The new method corrects for matrix interferences in soil samples.
Note
A plural that only works where interference can be counted. Each countable use yields one: two interferences flagged against a defender in a ball game, separate priority contests in US patent law, a chess move that cuts an attacked piece off from its defender. When the word means meddling in general, it usually stays a mass noun: too much interference, not too many interferences.
interferences is a form of interference
interference, noun: The act of interfering with a process or situation, or anything that gets in the way of it. Full entry
- Forms
- interferenceinterferences plural
- Spelling
- interference → interferences: add -s
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