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interface

/ˈɪntɚˌfeɪs/

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Stress IN; give face a smaller beat.

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3 syllables · Stress on syllable 1

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“The app has a simple interface.”

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What does interface mean?

noun

  1. The point of interconnection or contact between entities.
  2. A thin layer or boundary between different substances or two phases of a single substance.
  3. The point of interconnection between systems or subsystems.
More meanings (9)

noun

  1. The connection between a user and a machine.
  2. The connection between parts of software; also the public or published sections of an object or module.
  3. In object-oriented programming, a piece of code defining a set of operations that other code must implement.
  4. In some languages, a block of code declaring the interface (point of interconnection) between a class and code that interacts with it.
  5. The internal surface of a coiled protein (compare exoface).

verb

  1. To construct an interface for.
  2. To connect through an interface.
  3. To serve as an interface.
  4. To meet for discussion.
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IPA pronunciation

/ˈɪntɚˌfeɪs/

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/ˈɪn(t)ɚˌfeɪs/
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