Definition of interface
1 : a surface forming a common boundary of two bodies, spaces, or phases an oil-water interface
2a : the place at which independent and often unrelated systems meet and act on or communicate with each other the man-machine interfaceb : the means by which interaction or communication is achieved at an interface
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Examples of interface in a Sentence
the interface between engineering and science
The software has a user interface that's easy to operate.
We installed an interface between the computer and the typesetting machine.
Recent Examples of interface from the Web
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The user interface, with its rich LCD display, is of solid design and layout.
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Howard County's website provides the convenience of transactional services, a fancy way of saying taxes, parking tickets or water bills can be paid via an online interface.
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PROS: — New tech interface features include voice control, Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. — Drives more like a car than an SUV.
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This is the most important zone for most homes on Boise’s wildland-urban interface, said Jerry McAdams, wildfire mitigation coordinator for the Boise Fire Department.
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Thacker and his colleagues built into the computer what is known as a graphical user interface, the technology that Apple and Microsoft would borrow from in creating their Macintosh and Windows operating systems.
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And while there will no doubt come a point at which everyone alive will have been intimately acquainted with such artifacts and their interface conventions since earliest childhood, that point remains many years in the future.
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On Twitter, a bot is a bit of code that leverages the platform’s programming interface to tweet, retweet or follow another account.
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Sottos and her colleague Scott White, a professor in aerospace engineering, have developed a way to introduce dynamic bonding at the interface between the silicon nanoparticle and the binder.
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First Known Use of interface
1882
interface
Definition of interface
transitive verb
1 : to connect by means of an interface interface a machine with a computer
2 : to serve as an interface for
intransitive verb
1 : to become interfaced
2 : to interact or coordinate harmoniously
Examples of interface in a Sentence
interface a machine with a computer
the point at which the two machines interface
Recent Examples of interface from the Web
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Ham radio functions completely independent of the Internet or cell phone infrastructure, can interface with tablets or smartphones, and can be set up almost anywhere in minutes.
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The effort to build a network of alternative channels for top authorities to interface directly with the public is as old as the Putin era.
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In October the growing concern acquired the Crate Diggers franchise, a live event where Discogs users and others can interface in real time and revel to various DJs and performers while purchasing vinyl.
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People interface with health care not through their insurance companies but through physicians at offices, hospitals, clinics and laboratories.
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Kurzweil described how our brains might someday interface directly with non-biological forms of intelligence, possibly with the help of nano-bots that travel through our capillaries.
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What’s going to happen next, in this case, is Mitrione entering the arena to interface with Fedor Emelianenko, the onetime heavyweight champion who unretired in December 2015 following three years of inactivity.
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First Known Use of interface
1962
INTERFACE Defined for English Language Learners
interface
playDefinition of interface for English Language Learners
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: the place or area at which different things meet and communicate with or affect each other
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: a system that is used for operating a computer : a system that controls the way information is shown to a computer user and the way the user is able to work with the computer
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: an area or system through which one machine is connected to another machine
interface
Definition of interface for English Language Learners
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: to connect or become connected : to connect by means of an interface
Medical Dictionary
interface
playMedical Definition of interface
: a surface forming a common boundary of two bodies, spaces, or phases interfaces between various tissues such as skin, fatty tissue, and muscle—H. P. Schwan
interface
transitive verbinterfaced
;interfacing
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