<B>interdict, </B>verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to prohibit or forbid. <DD><B> 2. </B>to restrain from the doing or use of something. <BR> <I>Ex. They are difficult to disseminate and control, but properly used could deny or interdict areas (Bulletin of Atomic Scientists).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to hinder or check (the enemy) by gunfire or bombardment. <DD><B> 4. </B>to cut off from certain privileges in the Roman Catholic Church. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a prohibition based on authority; formal order forbidding something. <BR> <I>Ex. At last the interdict will be raised, and people can go about their ordinary business (Time).</I> <DD><B> 2a. </B>the act of cutting off from certain privileges in the Roman Catholic Church. <DD><B> b. </B>the authoritative sentence ordering this. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Law.) a decree; order. <DD><B> 4. </B>a provisional order in Roman law of the praetor in property disputes, usually prohibiting something. noun <B>interdiction.</B> noun <B>interdictor.</B> </DL>
<B>interdictory, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that serves to interdict. (SYN) prohibitory. </DL>
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<B>interdiffuse, </B>transitive verb, intransitive verb, <B>-fused,</B> <B>-fusing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to diffuse one with another. noun <B>interdiffusion.</B> </DL>
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<B>interdigital, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> between or joining fingers or toes. <BR> <I>Ex. The webbing of a duck's foot is interdigital.</I> </DL>
<B>interdigitate, </B>intransitive verb, <B>-tated,</B> <B>-tating.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to be inserted between each other like the fingers of both hands when clasped. noun <B>interdigitation.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="interdisciplinary">
<B>interdisciplinary, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> between different fields of study. <BR> <I>Ex. interdisciplinary collaboration in research.</I> </DL>
<B>interest, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a feeling of wanting to know, see, do, own, share in, or take part in. <BR> <I>Ex. He has an interest in sports and he also has an interest in collecting stamps. Research indicates that fear and punishment are not as effective motivating forces as interest (Atlantic).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>the power of arousing such a feeling. <BR> <I>Ex. questions of great interest. A dull book lacks interest.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>a share in property and actions; right or claim. <BR> <I>Ex. He bought a half interest in that farm.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>a thing in which a person has a share or part. Any business, activity, or pastime can be an interest. <DD><B> 5. </B>a group of people having the same business, activity, goal, principle, political party, or religion. <BR> <I>Ex. the business interests of the town.</I> <DD><B> 6. </B>advantage; profit; benefit. <BR> <I>Ex. Mother and Father look after the interests of the family. One who has our interest at heart (Edmund Burke). Interest was the master-key of Madame's nature--the mainspring of her motives (Charlotte Bronte).</I> <DD><B> 7a. </B>money paid for the use of money. If you borrow money from a bank, you must pay interest on the loan. <DD><B> b. </B>the rate per cent per unit of time of such a payment. <BR> <I>Ex. The interest on the loan was 5 per cent a year.</I> <DD><B> 8. </B>(Figurative.) something extra given in return. <BR> <I>Ex. She returned our favor with interest.</I> <DD><B> 9. </B>(Economics.) a payment for the use of capital goods in production. <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to arouse a feeling of wanting to know, see, do, own, share in, or take part in; make curious and hold the attention of. <BR> <I>Ex. An exciting story interests us.</I> (SYN) engage, occupy, entertain. <DD><B> 2. </B>to cause (a person) to take a share or part in something; induce to participate in. <BR> <I>Ex. The agent tried to interest us in buying a car. Most of the businesses in town have been interested in the chamber of commerce for years.</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>in the interest of,</B> </I>for; to help. <BR> <I>Ex. The Mayor thought the proposition was not in the interest of the city.</I> </DL>
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<B>interested, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>feeling or showing interest, sympathy, or curiosity. <BR> <I>Ex. an interested spectator.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>having an interest or share; concerned. <DD><B> 3. </B>influenced by personal considerations; prejudiced. <BR> <I>Ex. An interested person cannot make a fair decision.</I> adv. <B>interestedly.</B> noun <B>interestedness.</B> </DL>
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<B>interest group,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any group organized to further the interest or concern of its members. <BR> <I>Ex. The genius of American politics has been its ability to compromise the conflicting needs and desires of the great variety of interest groups that make up so huge and diverse a nation (Tom Wicker).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="interesting">
<B>interesting, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> arousing interest; holding one's attention; of interest. <BR> <I>Ex. Stories about travel and adventure are interesting for children.</I> adv. <B>interestingly.</B> noun <B>interestingness.</B> </DL>
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<B>interest test</B> or <B>inventory,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a standardized list of questions about a person's interests, often given in conjunction with an aptitude test. It is used especially for guidance in schools. </DL>
<A NAME="interface">
<B>interface, </B>noun, verb, <B>-faced,</B> <B>-facing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a surface lying between two bodies or spaces, and forming their common boundary. <DD><B> 2. </B>a connection of two or more things brought together in an association, partnership, meeting, or other relationship. <BR> <I>Ex. "Interface" refers to anything that mediates between disparate items: machinery, people, thought. The equipment that makes the computer work visible to the user is often called an "interface," and the word is used highly metaphorically, as in "the interface between man and the computer, between the scientist and society" (Atlantic). Responsibilities include master scheduling, customer interface (New York Times).</I> <DD><I>v.i., v.t. </I> to match, harmonize, or work together smoothly. <BR> <I>Ex. This was to be a full-dress affair, including inflated space suits, which have to "interface"--a space-age verb meaning, roughly, to coordinate--with equipment in the cabin (New Yorker).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="interfacial">
<B>interfacial, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>included between two faces of a solid. <BR> <I>Ex. An interfacial angle is formed by the meeting of two planes.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>of or having to do with an interface. </DL>
<A NAME="interfacing">
<B>interfacing, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a material inserted between the lining and outer cloth of a garment to help retain its shape. </DL>
<A NAME="interfaith">
<B>interfaith, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>for more than one faith or religion. <BR> <I>Ex. an interfaith chapel.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>of different faiths or religions. <BR> <I>Ex. an interfaith conference.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="interfenestration">
<B>interfenestration, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the spacing between the windows of a building. </DL>
