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Surface Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Surface?
[n] a device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air; can lift or control a plane in flight
[n] the outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary; "there is a special cleaner for these surfaces"; "the cloth had a pattern of red dots on a white surface" [n] information that has become public; "all the reports were out in the open"; "the facts had been brought to the surface" [n] a superficial aspect as opposed to the real nature of something; "it was not what it appeared to be on the surface" [n] the extended two-dimensional outer boundary of a three-dimensional object; "they skimmed over the surface of the water"; "a brush small enough to clean every dental surface"; "the sun has no distinct surface" [n] the outermost level of the land or sea; "earthquakes originate far below the surface"; "three quarters of the Earth's surface is covered by water" [adj] on the surface; "surface materials of the moon" [v] appear or become visible; make a showing; "She turned up at the funeral"; "I hope the list key is going to surface again" [v] put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface; "coat the cake with chocolate" [v] come to the surface Synonyms | Synonyms for Surface: aboveground | aerofoil | airfoil | coat | come on | come out | come up | control surface | Earth's surface | grade | grade-constructed | ground-level | open | opencast | opencut | rise | rise up | show up | strip(a) | turn up Related Terms | Find terms related to Surface: See Also | aileron | anodise | anodize | appear | artefact | artifact | ascend | aspect | blacktop | board | body of water | bonderise | bonderize | bound | boundary | bounds | brush on | bubble up | celestial sphere | cement | copper | cover | crumb | daub | device | dredge | egg | elevator | emerge | empyrean | encrust | end | enrobe | exterior | face | face | facet | finish | firmament | flap | flaps | floor | foliate | galvanise | galvanize | gameboard | gap | gelatinize | general knowledge | geosphere | glaze | go up | grit | ground | hard palate | heavens | horizontal stabiliser | horizontal stabilizer | horizontal surface | incrust | inside | interface | interior | intumesce | Klein bottle | layer | leading edge | level | lithosphere | macadamise | macadamize | metal | Mobius strip | opening | outside | paint | palate | patinate | patinise | patinize | pave | photosphere | plaster | plaster | plasterwork | plate | projection screen | public knowledge | refinish | resurface | resurface | roof of the mouth | rotary wing | rotor blade | rubber | rubberise | rubberize | rudder | screen | seal | side | side | silver screen | size | skim | skin | soot | spandrel | spandril | sphere | spoiler | stabilizer | stucco | superficies | swell | tailplane | tar | tarmac | trailing edge | varnish | vault of heaven | vertical surface | vertical tail | water | wave front | wavefront | welkin | well | wing | work surface Surface In Webster's Dictionary \Sur"face`\, n. [F. See {Sur-}, and {Face}, and cf.
{Superficial}.]
1. 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.
The bright surface of this ethereous mold. --Milton.
2. Hence, outward or external appearance.
Vain and weak understandings, which penetrate no
deeper than the surface. --V. Knox.
3. (Geom.) A magnitude that has length and breadth without
thickness; superficies; as, a plane surface; a spherical
surface.
4. (Fort.) That part of the side which is terminated by the
flank prolonged, and the angle of the nearest bastion.
--Stocqueler.
{Caustic surface}, {Heating surface}, etc. See under
{Caustic}, {Heating}, etc.
{Surface condensation}, {Surface condenser}. See under
{Condensation}, and {Condenser}.
{Surface gauge} (Mach.), an instrument consisting of a
standard having a flat base and carrying an adjustable
pointer, for gauging the evenness of a surface or its
height, or for marking a line parallel with a surface.
{Surface grub} (Zo["o]l.), the larva of the great yellow
underwing moth ({Triph[oe]na pronuba}). It is often
destructive to the roots of grasses and other plants.
{Surface plate} (Mach.), a plate having an accurately dressed
flat surface, used as a standard of flatness by which to
test other surfaces.
{Surface printing}, printing from a surface in relief, as
from type, in distinction from plate printing, in which
the ink is contained in engraved lines.
\Sur"face\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Surfaced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Surfacing}.] 1. To give a surface to; especially, to cause to have a smooth or plain surface; to make smooth or plain. 2. To work over the surface or soil of, as ground, in hunting for gold. |
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