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Discontinuity vs Interference - What's the difference?

discontinuity | interference | Related terms |

Discontinuity is a related term of interference.


As nouns the difference between discontinuity and interference

is that discontinuity is a lack of continuity, regularity or sequence; a break or gap while interference is interference (all senses).

discontinuity

English

Noun

(discontinuities)
  • A lack of continuity, regularity or sequence; a break or gap.
  • *2012 , , Turing's Cathedral , Penguin 2013, p. 57:
  • *:Shock waves are sudden discontinuities propagated in compressible media – usually air.
  • (mathematics) A point in the range of a function at which it is undefined or discontinuous.
  • (geology) a subterranean interface at which seismic velocities change
  • Derived terms

    * Gutenberg discontinuity * * discontinuous

    interference

    Noun

  • 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 fifteen yard penalty for interference .
  • (physics) An effect caused by the superposition of two systems of waves, such as a distortion on a broadcast signal due to atmospheric or other effects.
  • They wanted to watch the game on TV, but there was too much interference to even make out the score on the tiny screen.
  • (US, legal) In United States patent law, an inter partes proceeding to determine the priority issues of multiple patent applications; a priority contest.
  • (chess) The interruption of the line between an attacked piece and its defender by sacrificially interposing a piece.
  • Antonyms

    * non-interference

    Derived terms

    * interference drag * interference filter * interference fit * interference fringes * interference microscope