interface

/หˆษชntษ™feษชs/

IPA: /IH1 N T ER0 F EY0 S/

noun
  1. 1

    The point of interconnection or contact between entities.

    โ€œPublic relations firms often serve as the interface between a company and the press.โ€

  2. 2

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

    โ€œIf 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.โ€

  3. 3

    The point of interconnection between systems or subsystems.

    โ€œThe data is sent over the air interface to the remote system.โ€

  4. 4

    The connection between a user and a machine.

    โ€œThe options are selected via the user interface.โ€

  5. 5

    The connection between parts of software.

    โ€œThis interface is implemented by several Java classes.โ€

  6. 6

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

    โ€œThe Audio and Video classes both implement the IPlayable interface.โ€

  7. 7

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

verb
  1. 1

    To construct an interface for.

  2. 2

    To connect through an interface.

  3. 3

    To serve as an interface.

  4. 4

    To meet for discussion.

    โ€œLet's interface on Wednesday.โ€

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/interface