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/ˈɪntəfeɪs/
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/ˈɪn(t)ɚˌfeɪs/
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ˈɪntəfeɪs
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ˈɪntɚˌfeɪs
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Noun
The point of interconnection or contact between entities.
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Public relations firms often serve as the interface between a company and the press.
A thin layer or boundary between different substances or two phases of a single substance.
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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.
The surface of a lake is a water-air interface.
The point of interconnection between systems or subsystems.
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The data is sent over the air interface to the remote system.
The connection between a user and a machine.
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The options are selected via the user interface.
The connection between parts of software; also the public or published sections of an object or module.
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This interface is implemented by several Java classes.
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Traits are somewhat between an interface and a mixin, as an interface contains only method signatures, while a trait includes also the full method definitions; on the other side mixins include method definitions, but they can also carry state through attributes, while traits usually don't.
In object-oriented programming, a piece of code defining a set of operations that other code must implement.
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The Audio and Video classes both implement the IPlayable interface.
In some languages, a block of code declaring the interface (point of interconnection) between a class and code that interacts with it.
The internal surface of a coiled protein (compare exoface).
Verb
To construct an interface for.
Usage- Transitive
To connect through an interface.
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To serve as an interface.
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To meet for discussion.
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Let's interface on Wednesday.
Noun
(chemistry) a surface forming a common boundary between two things (two objects or liquids or chemical phases)
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(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
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the overlap where two theories or phenomena affect each other or have links with each other
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the interface between chemistry and biology
(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)
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