Verb

(en verb)

To disturb or halt an ongoing process or action by interfering suddenly.

* Shakespeare

Do not interrupt me in my course.

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To divide; to separate; to break the monotony of.

The evenness of the road was not interrupted by a single hill.

(computing) To assert to a computer that an exceptional condition must be handled.

Verb

(interfer)

To get involved or involve oneself, causing disturbance.

I always try not to interfere with other people’s personal affairs.

(physics) (of waves) To be correlated with each other when overlapped]] or [[superpose, superposed.

Correlated waves interfere''' to produce interesting patterns, while uncorrelated waves overlap without '''interfering .

Where the radio-wave signals of the two radio stations interfere the listener hears nothing but noise.

(mostly of horses) To strike one foot against the opposite foot or ankle in using the legs.