different between interface vs interfacial
interface
English
Etymology
From inter- (“between”) +? face (“shape, figure, form”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /??nt?fe?s/
- (US) IPA(key): /??nt??fe?s/
- Hyphenation: inter?face
- Rhymes: -e?s
Noun
interface (plural interfaces)
- The point of interconnection or contact between entities.
- Public relations firms often serve as the interface between a company and the press.
- (chemistry, physics) A thin layer or boundary between different substances or two phases of a single substance.
- If water and oil are mixed together, they tend to separate, and at equilibrium they are in different strata with an oil-water interface in between.
- The surface of a lake is a water-air interface.
- (computing) The point of interconnection between systems or subsystems.
- The data is sent over the air interface to the remote system.
- (computing) The connection between a user and a machine.
- The options are selected via the user interface.
- (computing, object-oriented programming) The connection between parts of software.
- This interface is implemented by several Java classes.
- Traits are somewhat between an interface and a mixin, as an interface contains only method signatures, while a trait includes also the full method definitions; on the other side mixins include method definitions, but they can also carry state through attributes, while traits usually don't.
- (computing, object-oriented programming) In object-oriented programming, a piece of code defining a set of operations that other code must implement.
- The Audio and Video classes both implement the IPlayable interface.
- (biochemistry) The internal surface of a coiled protein (compare exoface).
Hyponyms
Descendants
- ? Japanese: ???????? (int?f?su)
- ? Korean: ????? (inteopeiseu)
- ? Russian: ?????????? (interféjs)
- ? Kazakh: ????????? (ïnterfeys)
Translations
References
- interface on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Verb
interface (third-person singular simple present interfaces, present participle interfacing, simple past and past participle interfaced)
- (transitive) To construct an interface for.
- (transitive, intransitive) To connect through an interface.
- (intransitive) To serve as an interface.
- (business, intransitive) To meet for discussion.
- Let's interface on Wednesday.
Translations
See also
- mixin
- trait
Anagrams
- re infecta
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??.t??.fas/
Noun
interface f (plural interfaces)
- interface
- (object-oriented programming) interface
Verb
interface
- first-person singular present indicative of interfacer
- third-person singular present indicative of interfacer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of interfacer
- third-person singular present subjunctive of interfacer
- second-person singular imperative of interfacer
Further reading
- “interface” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Portuguese
Noun
interface f (plural interfaces)
- interface (point of interconnection between entities)
- (computing) interface (point of interconnection between systems or subsystems)
- (computing) interface (connection between a user and a machine)
- (object-oriented programming) interface (piece of code defining a set of operations that other code must implement)
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:interface.
interface From the web:
- what interface means
- what interface should i buy
- what interface does nat operate from
- what interfaces work with pro tools
interfacial
English
Adjective
interfacial (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to an interface
Derived terms
- interfacial angle
- interfacial canal
- interfacial energy
- interfacial layer
- interfacial polarization
French
Adjective
interfacial (feminine singular interfaciale, masculine plural interfaciaux, feminine plural interfaciales)
- interfacial
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /inte?fa??jal/, [?n?.t?e?.fa??jal]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /inte?fa?sjal/, [?n?.t?e?.fa?sjal]
Adjective
interfacial (plural interfaciales)
- interfacial
interfacial From the web:
- what interfacial energy
- what's interfacial angle
- what interfacial area
- what is interfacial tension
Share
Tweet
+1
Share
Pin
Like
Send
Share
you may also like
- interface vs interfacial
- terms vs interradial
- peripherad vs peripheral
- peripherad vs periphery
- scapegoater vs scapegoat
- sectarianize vs sectarianized
- sectarianize vs sectarian
- sectarian vs asectarian
- sect vs postsectarian
- sect vs presectarian
- sect vs multisectarian
- denomination vs nonsectarianism
- heteroskedastic vs heterogeneous
- hepaticas vs hepatical
- hepatics vs hepaticas
- navelwort vs kidneywort
- kidneywort vs hipwort
- kidneywort vs wort
- interest vs solipsistically
- solipsistically vs solipsism