Surface
['sɜːfɪs] or ['sɝfɪs]
Definition
(noun.) 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'.
(noun.) a superficial aspect as opposed to the real nature of something; 'it was not what it appeared to be on the surface'.
(noun.) 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'.
(noun.) 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'.
(verb.) come to the surface.
(adj.) on the surface; 'surface materials of the moon' .
Inputed by Bertha--From WordNet
Definition
(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.
(n.) Hence, outward or external appearance.
(n.) A magnitude that has length and breadth without thickness; superficies; as, a plane surface; a spherical surface.
(n.) That part of the side which is terminated by the flank prolonged, and the angle of the nearest bastion.
(v. t.) To give a surface to; especially, to cause to have a smooth or plain surface; to make smooth or plain.
(v. t.) To work over the surface or soil of, as ground, in hunting for gold.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Superficies, exterior, outside, external part.
Typed by Clyde
Definition
n. the exterior part of anything.—adj. Sur′faced having a surface.—ns. Sur′faceman a miner employed in open-air working: a workman employed in keeping a railway-bed in repair; Sur′face-print′ing printing from a relief surface as cotton-cloth; Sur′facer one who or that which smooths or levels a surface; Sur′face-ten′sion in liquids that property in virtue of which a liquid surface behaves as if it were a stretched elastic membrane—say a sheet of india-rubber; Sur′face-wa′ter drainage-water; Sur′facing the act of giving a certain surface to anything.
Checker: Tom
Examples
- If the central depths were untouched, hardly a pin-point of surface remained the same. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- The ceiling was only a foot or two above my head, and with my hand upraised I could feel its hard, rough surface. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- This, rising above the water, and provided with reflecting lenses, enabled the steersman to discover the surface conditions and see any near vessel or other object. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Brass tubes can easily be bent by ramming full of sand, stopping the ends, and bending them over a curved surface. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Gudrun sat, sick at heart, frightened of the great, level surface of the water, so heavy and deadly. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The roots radiate a short distance below the surface of the ground and there is no stabilizer in the shape of a tap root such as in other woods. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Meanwhile the water strains through the wire cloth, leaving a thin layer of moist interlaced fibre spread in a white sheet over the surface of the belt. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The manifest advantage of an even track for the wheels long ago suggested the idea of laying down wood and other hard, smooth surfaces for carriages to run upon. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The giant rolls consist of a pair of iron cylinders of massive size and weight, with removable wearing plates having irregular surfaces formed by projecting knobs. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- They knew that their machine would fly before they tried it, because they knew exactly what its various surfaces would do in the air. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- It is as well, however, not to apply it to any abraded surfaces. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Here and there polished surfaces of ruby, emerald, and diamond patched the golden walls and ceiling. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- First you began with a geometry of plane surfaces? Plato. The Republic.
- In 1840 Murray used plumbago to make non-conducting surfaces conductive for electro-plating. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- When the shadow of any figure is thrown on the prepared surfaced, the part concealed by it remains white, and the other parts speedily become dark. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
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