interface — 英語辞典

名詞

1. The point of interconnection or contact between entities.

   例文

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

2. A thin layer or boundary between different substances or two phases of a single substance.

   例文

   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.

3. The point of interconnection between systems or subsystems.

   例文

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

4. The connection between a user and a machine.

   例文

   The options are selected via the user interface.

5. The connection between parts of software; also the public or published sections of an object or module.

   例文

   This interface is implemented by several Java classes.

   その他の例文 (1)

   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.

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

   例文

   The Audio and Video classes both implement the IPlayable interface.

7. In some languages, a block of code declaring the interface (point of interconnection) between a class and code that interacts with it.

8. The internal surface of a coiled protein (compare exoface).

動詞

1. To construct an interface for.

   用法

   • 他動詞

2. To connect through an interface.

   用法

   • 自動詞・他動詞の両用

3. To serve as an interface.

   用法

   • 自動詞

4. To meet for discussion.

   用法

   • 自動詞

   例文

   Let's interface on Wednesday.

名詞

1. (chemistry) a surface forming a common boundary between two things (two objects or liquids or chemical phases)

   上位語

   surface

2. (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

   同義語

   user interface

   上位語

   programprogrammecomputer programcomputer programme

3. the overlap where two theories or phenomena affect each other or have links with each other

   上位語

   overlapconvergenceintersection

   例文

   the interface between chemistry and biology

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)

   同義語

   port

   上位語

   computer circuit