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interface
- /ˈɪntəfeɪs/ UK
- /ˈɪn(t)ɚˌfeɪs/ US
noun interfaces
- The point of interconnection or contact between entities. 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. 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 point of interconnection between systems or subsystems. The data is sent over the air interface to the remote system.
- The connection between a user and a machine. 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. This interface is implemented by several Java classes.
- 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.
- 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 interfaces · interfacing · interfaced
- To construct an interface for.
- To connect through an interface.
- To serve as an interface.
- To meet for discussion. Let's interface on Wednesday.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: user interface, port, interconnection, link, linkage, interconnect, interworking, junction, nexus, connection, connect, interlinkage, interconnectedness, interrelationship, converge, interplay
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noun point of interconnection between entities
| Español | interfaz |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 인터페이스 inteopeiseu |
| 日本語 | インターフェース intāfēsu |
| 中文 | 接口 jiēkǒu |
| हिन्दी | राब्ता rābtā, वास्ता vāstā |
| Português | interface |
| Français | interface |
| Deutsch | Schnittstelle |
| Ελληνικά | διεπαφή diepafí, διεπιφάνεια diepifáneia |
| Română | interfață |
| Русский | интерфе́йс intɛrféjs |
| العربية | تَعْشِيق taʕšīq, وَاجِهَة wājiha |
noun chemistry, physics: thin layer or boundary between different substances, or phases of a single substance
| Español | interfase |
|---|---|
| Français | interface |
| Deutsch | Grenzfläche |
| Italiano | interfaccia |
| Ελληνικά | διεπιφάνεια diepifáneia |
| Română | suprafață de separare |
noun computing: point of interconnection between systems or subsystems
| Español | interfaz |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 인터페이스 inteopeiseu |
| 日本語 | インターフェース intāfēsu |
| 中文 | 接口 jiēkǒu |
| हिन्दी | इंटरफ़ेस iṇṭarfes |
| Português | interface |
| Français | interface |
| Deutsch | Schnittstelle |
| Ελληνικά | διεπαφή diepafí |
| Română | interfață |
| Русский | интерфе́йс intɛrféjs |
| العربية | واجِهَة wājiha |
| עברית | מִמְשָׁק mimshák |
noun computing: connection between a user and a machine
| Español | interfaz |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 인터페이스 inteopeiseu |
| 日本語 | インターフェース intāfēsu |
| 中文 | 界面 jièmiàn |
| हिन्दी | इंटरफ़ेस iṇṭarfes |
| Português | interface |
| Français | interface |
| Deutsch | Schnittstelle |
| Ελληνικά | διεπαφή diepafí |
| Română | interfață |
| Русский | интерфе́йс intɛrféjs |
| Tiếng Việt | giao diện |
| עברית | מִמְשָׁק mimshák |
noun computing, object-oriented: connection between parts of software
| Español | interfaz |
|---|---|
| Português | interface |
| Français | interface |
| Deutsch | Schnittstelle |
| עברית | מִמְשָׁק mimshák |
noun computing, object-oriented: piece of code defining a set of operations that other code must implement
| Español | interfaz |
|---|---|
| Português | interface |
| Français | interface |
| Deutsch | Schnittstelle |
| Română | interfață |
| Русский | интерфе́йс intɛrféjs |
| עברית | מִמְשָׁק mimshák |
verb intransitive: to be an interface; be into an interface
| Italiano | interfacciarsi |
|---|---|
| Ελληνικά | έχω διεπαφή με écho diepafí me, διεφάπτομαι με diefáptomai me |
verb transitive: to construct an interface; connect through an interface
| Italiano | interfacciare |
|---|---|
| Ελληνικά | φέρω σε διεπαφή féro se diepafí, διεφάπτω diefápto |
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