disruption
event which interferes with an ongoing process
disturbing the peace
criminal offense
preemption
act of temporarily interrupting a task being carried out by a computer system, without requiring its cooperation, and with the intention of resuming the task at a later time
creative disruption
change in a marketplace brought about by the overturning of existing conventions
road closure
temporary or permanent closure of a roadway to vehicle traffic
electromagnetic interference
disturbance in an electrical circuit due to external sources of radio waves
dysfunction
sociological term
paper jam
breakdown
disturbance
change to an archaeological site due to events which occurred after the site was laid down
probe effect
the effect on a physical system of adding measurement devices, such as the probes of electronic test equipment
interruption
speech event when one person breaks in to interject while another person is talking
tampering
intentional modification of products to make them harmful to the consumer
social crisis
occurrence
shock wave
propagating disturbance
interference
anything which modifies, or disrupts a communication signal
thermal noise
phenomenon that disrupts astronomical observations in the infrared
adjournment
suspension of proceedings to another time or place
hallucination
perception in the presence of no external stimuli found, but characteristic of true perception
interference
in baseball, illegally changing the course of play from what is expected
social disruption
term used in sociology to describe the alteration, dysfunction or breakdown of social life, often in a community setting
geomagnetic storm
temporary disturbance of the Earth's magnetosphere caused by a disturbance in the interplanetary medium
market impact
effect that a financial trade has on the market price