Interface

//ˈɪn(t)ɚˌfeɪs// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The point of interconnection or contact between entities.

    "Public relations firms often serve as the interface between a company and the press."

  2. 2
    (chemistry) a surface forming a common boundary between two things (two objects or liquids or chemical phases) wordnet
  3. 3
    A thin layer or boundary between different substances or two phases of a single substance.

    "If water and oil are mixed together, they tend to separate, and at equilibrium they are in different strata with an oil-water interface in between."

  4. 4
    (computer science) computer circuit consisting of the hardware and associated circuitry that links one device with another (especially a computer and a hard disk drive or other peripherals) wordnet
  5. 5
    The point of interconnection between systems or subsystems.

    "The data is sent over the air interface to the remote system."

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  1. 6
    the overlap where two theories or phenomena affect each other or have links with each other wordnet
  2. 7
    The connection between a user and a machine.

    "The options are selected via the user interface."

  3. 8
    (computer science) a program that controls a display for the user (usually on a computer monitor) and that allows the user to interact with the system wordnet
  4. 9
    The connection between parts of software; also the public or published sections of an object or module.

    "This interface is implemented by several Java classes."

  5. 10
    In object-oriented programming, a piece of code defining a set of operations that other code must implement.

    "The Audio and Video classes both implement the IPlayable interface."

  6. 11
    In some languages, a block of code declaring the interface (point of interconnection) between a class and code that interacts with it.
  7. 12
    The internal surface of a coiled protein (compare exoface).
Verb
  1. 1
    To construct an interface for. transitive
  2. 2
    To connect through an interface. ambitransitive
  3. 3
    To serve as an interface. intransitive
  4. 4
    To meet for discussion. intransitive

    "Let's interface on Wednesday."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From inter- (“between”) + face (“shape, figure, form”).

Etymology 2

From inter- (“between”) + face (“shape, figure, form”).

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