Surface (IPA: /ˈsɝfəs/)
| Surface (n.) |
The exterior part of anything that has length and breadth; one of the limits that bound a solid, esp. the upper face; superficies; the outside; as, the surface of the earth; the surface of a diamond; the surface of the body. |
| Surface (n.) |
Hence, outward or external appearance. |
| Surface (n.) |
A magnitude that has length and breadth without thickness; superficies; as, a plane surface; a spherical surface. |
| Surface (n.) |
That part of the side which is terminated by the flank prolonged, and the angle of the nearest bastion. |
| Surface (v. t.) |
To give a surface to; especially, to cause to have a smooth or plain surface; to make smooth or plain. |
| Surface (v. t.) |
To work over the surface or soil of, as ground, in hunting for gold. |
| Surface |
Two-dimensional manifold, and, as such, may be an " abstract surface " not embedded in any Euclidean space |
| Surface |
Generalization of a plane which needs not be flat, that is, the curvature is not necessarily zero |
| Surface |
2D-boundary of 3D-object |
| Surface |
Outermost or uppermost layer of a physical object or space |
| Surface |
TV program |
| Surface Synonyms |
Opencast, Aboveground, Opencut, Grade-constructed |
| Surface Synonyms |
Skin-deep, Superficial, Shallow |
| Surface Synonyms |
Aerofoil, Airfoil, Control Surface |
| Surface Synonyms |
Earth's Surface |
| Surface Synonyms |
Open |
| Surface Synonyms |
Coat |
| Surface Synonyms |
Come On, Turn Up, Come Out, Show U |
| Surface Synonyms |
Come Up, Rise Up, Rise |
| Surface (Last Name / Surname) |
Surface is the #12,929 most common last name / surname from the 2010 United States Census. The census reported that 2,377 people had that surname. |
| Spanish Translation |
Surface in Spanish is Superficie |
| Tagalog Translation |
Surface in Tagalog is Balat |
| Example Sentence (Quote) "A need for revolution's rising, it comes to the surface gasping for air." - Rise Against |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " Each of the last three decades has been successively warmer at the Earth's surface than any preceding decade since 1850." - Global warming |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow; He who would search for pearls, must dive below." - Mistakes |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " Get ready, toads! Down to the surface on the turbo-cables!" - Battletoads |
| Example Sentence (Quote) "Is the surface of a planet really the right place for expanding technological civilization?" - Gerard K. O'Neill |
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