interface

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Synonyms: interlace, interfere, interact, interfuse, interspace, interfaces, enterlace, interduce, interplace, interpale, interforce

Antonyms: interlace, interfere, interact, interfuse, interspace, interfaces, enterlace, interduce, interplace, interpale, interforce

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Noun

1. The point of [[interconnection]] or [[contact]] between entities.
2. {{lb|en|chemistry|physics}} A thin [[layer]] or [[boundary]] between different [[substance]]s or two [[phase]]s of a single substance.
3. {{lb|en|computing}} The point of [[interconnection]] between systems or subsystems.
4. {{lb|en|computing}} The [[connection]] between a user and a machine.
5. {{lb|en|object-oriented}} The [[connection]] between parts of [[software]]; also the [[public]] or [[publish]]ed sections of an [[object]] or [[module]].
6. {{lb|en|object-oriented}} In [[object-oriented]] programming, a piece of code defining a set of [[operation]]s that other code must implement.
7. {{lb|en|object-oriented programming}} In some languages, a block of code declaring the interface {{gloss|point of interconnection}} between a [[class]] and code that interacts with it.
8. {{lb|en|biochemistry}} The [[internal]] [[surface]] of a coiled [[protein]] (compare [[exoface]]).

Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To construct an interface for.
2. {{lb|en|ambitransitive}} To connect through an interface.
3. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To serve as an interface.
4. {{lb|en|business|intransitive}} To [[meet]] for [[discussion]].

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