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interfacial Definition


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interface
noun
    1. A surface forming a common boundary between two regions, things, etc which cannot be mixed, eg oil and water.
    2. A common boundary or meeting-point between two different systems or processes.
    3. physics.
      The boundary between two adjacent phases, ie between gas and liquid, gas and solid, liquid and liquid, etc.
    4. computing.
      A device, consisting of hardware together with software programs to drive it, that links a computer to a peripheral device such as a printer.
    5. computing.
      The physical connection between a computer and the user.
verb
    tr & intr
    1. To connect (a piece of equipment, etc) with another so as to make them compatible.
Derivative: interfacial
adj
    Etymology: 19c.



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