Definitions for interface

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interface in·ter·face

Spelling: [noun in-ter-feys; verb in-ter-feys, in-ter-

IPA: /noun ˈɪn tərˌfeɪs; verb ˈɪn tərˌfeɪs, ˌɪn tərˈfeɪs/

Interface is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 512 anagrams from letters in interface (aceefinrt).

Definitions for interface

noun

1. a surface regarded as the common boundary of two bodies, spaces, or phases.
2. the facts, problems, considerations, theories, practices, etc., shared by two or more disciplines, procedures, or fields of study:
3. a common boundary or interconnection between systems, equipment, concepts, or human beings.
4. communication or interaction:
5. a thing or circumstance that enables separate and sometimes incompatible elements to coordinate effectively:
6. computer hardware or software designed to communicate information between hardware devices, between software programs, between devices and programs, or between a device and a user.

verb (used with object)

1. to bring into an interface.
2. to bring together; connect or mesh:

verb (used without object)

1. to be in an interface.
2. to function as an interface.
3. to meet or communicate directly; interact, coordinate, synchronize, or harmonize (often followed by with):

Origin of interface

First recorded in 1880-85; inter- + face

Examples for interface

There remains the question of the precipitation of the tanning colloid at the interface.

They embody expectations and plans for change; and they need to interface between the given and the desired or the expected.

Natural language accomplished the function of interface long before the notion came into existence.

The interaction of the user with the machine is translated by interface programs into whatever a machine can process.

It serves as the heart of the collective works, as an interface between the cosmos and humanity.

The experience of interface design can help us understand the direction of change to which the new pragmatics commits us.

Apple also created the preferred devices for accessing this interface, and the music it channeled.

The interface was great, really user-friendly, really clear.

This borderland—the interface of human activity and wild habitat—is the most dangerous region of all for bears.

State exchanges are given the option to interface with so-called “web-based entities.”