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interference

interference Interference is the combining of wave effects so that they either strengthen each other or cancel each other out, as in hearing and vision.

Interference is the combining of wave effects so that they either strengthen each other or cancel each other out, as in hearing and vision. By analogy in psychology and physiology, it also means the mutual checking or cancellation of processes as inferred from their observable results.

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Drafting source: Baldwin Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology, 1901. 1901 New York Macmillan original; archive index checked 2026-10-18. “Interference” (Interference).
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