interface

Pluralinterfaces

Formsinterfaces, interfacing, interfaced

1. 1
   nouncountable

   The screen, buttons, or controls that let a person work with a machine.

   Like the buttons and screen on a microwave that let you control it.

   The new phone has a simple interface that even my grandfather can use.

   She found the menu interface confusing at first.

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2. 2
   nouncountable

   The place where two things meet or touch.

   Like a doorway where one room meets the next.

   The beach is the interface between land and sea.

   This office acts as the interface between customers and the company.

   Similarboundary, junction, border, frontier

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3. 3
   nouncountable

   The place where two systems join and pass information to each other.

   Like a plug and socket that let two machines join up.

   The two programs share data through a common interface.

   Engineers designed an interface so the old machine could talk to the new one.

   Similarconnection, link

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4. 4
   nouncountable

   The shared parts of a program that other code can connect to and use.

   Like a vending machine, where you use the buttons and slot, not the parts inside.

   Other code can only reach this object through its interface.

   The library exposes a small interface that hides its inner workings.

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5. 5
   nouncountable

   A piece of code that lists the actions other code must provide.

   Like a list of jobs that each worker agrees to do.

   Every class that uses this interface must include a save method.

   The interface lists the methods, but each class writes its own version.

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6. 6
   nouncountable

   The thin boundary where two different materials meet.

   Like the line where the sea meets the sand.

   Oil and water form a clear interface when they settle.

   Bubbles appear at the interface between the liquid and the air.

   Similarboundary, surface

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7. 7
   verbtransitive or intransitive

   To connect to a machine or system so they can work together.

   Like plugging a charger into a phone so they work together.

   You can interface your phone with the car's sound system.

   The sensor interfaces with the main computer.

   Similarconnect, integrate, communicate, interact, link

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8. 8
   verbintransitive

   To act as the link between two things or groups.

   Like a bridge that joins two sides of a river.

   These two systems interface without any extra software.

   The device interfaces directly with the network.

   Similarmediate, liaise

9. 9
   verbtransitive

   To build a connection point for a machine or program.

   Like fitting a new plug onto a wire so it can be used.

   Technicians need to interface the scanner before it can be used.

   They interfaced the robot with the factory line.

   Similarconnect, link, integrate

10. 10
    verbintransitive

    To meet and talk with other people, usually at work.

    Like coworkers getting together to talk over a plan.

    The two teams will interface tomorrow to plan the launch.

    She interfaces with clients throughout each project.

    Similarmeet, confer, liaise, consult

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    nouncountable

    A block of code that shows how a class and the code using it should connect.

    Like a label on a box that tells you what's inside and how to open it.

    The header file holds the interface for the class.

    Programmers read the interface to learn how to use the class.

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12. 12
    nouncountable

    The inner surface that lies inside a coiled protein.

    Like the hidden inside of a rolled-up sleeping bag.

    Water is squeezed out of the interface as the protein folds.

    The interface stays hidden deep inside the molecule.

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