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surface
noun
1 surface
The outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary.
Roget 329:
structure
(form)
240,
organization,
anatomy,
frame,
mold,
fabric,
construction;
framework,
carcass,
architecture;
stratification,
cleavage.
substance,
stuff,
compages†,
parenchyma [Biol.];
constitution,
staple,
organism.
[Science of structures]
organography†,
osteology,
myology,
splanchnology†,
neurology,
angiography†,
adeology†;
angiography†,
adenography†.
texture,
surface texture;
intertexture†,
contexture†;
tissue,
grain,
web,
surface;
warp and woof,
warp and weft;
tooth,
nap
etc.
(roughness)
256;
flatness
(smoothness)
255;
fineness of grain;
coarseness of grain,
dry goods.
silk,
satin;
muslin,
burlap.
[Science of textures]
histology.
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Roget 220:
exteriority†;
outside,
exterior;
surface,
superficies;
skin
etc.
(covering)
223;
superstratum†;
disk,
disc;
face,
facet;
extrados†.
excentricity†;
eccentricity;
circumjacence
etc.
227†.
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Dutch: oppervlak, oppervlakte
Polish: płaszczyzna
2 surface
The extended two-dimensional outer boundary of a three-dimensional object.
Dutch: oppervlak
Polish: płaszczyzna
3 surface
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.
synonym: Earth's surface.
Polish: zwierciadło, lustro
4 surface
A superficial aspect as opposed to the real nature of something.
5 surface
Information that has become public:
— The facts had been brought to the surface.
synonym: open.
6 surface
A device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air; can lift or control a plane in flight.
synonyms: aerofoil, airfoil, control surface.
Dutch: aërodynamische, draagvlak, vleugel
Polish: płat, płat nośny
verb
1 surface
2 surface
Put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface.
synonym: coat.
3 surface
Appear or become visible; make a showing:
— I hope the list key is going to surface again.
synonyms: come on, come out, show up, turn up.
Dutch: flirten, goed groeien
adjective
1 surface
Moby thesaurus: 3-D, acreage, ankle-deep, apparent, appear, appearing, area, arise, bail out, bob up, border, boundary, breadth, break cover, break forth, break water, burst forth, circumference, clerestory, come, come forth, come out, come up, concrete, continuum, conventionalized, cortex, cortical, cover, covering, crop up, crust, cubic, cursoriness, cursory, debouch, depthless, dimension, dimensional, disembogue, dive, effuse, emanate, emerge, emptiness, empty space, envelope, epidermal, epidermic, epidermis, erupt, exomorphic, expanse, expansion, extension, extent, exterior, exteriority, external, extrinsic, extrinsically, extrude, facade, face, facet, feel, field, finish, flat, float up, flood negative, flood the tanks, fly up, formal, formalist, formalistic, formulary, fountain, fourth-dimensional, fringe, front, galactic space, gloss, go below, grain, granular texture, gush, impersonal, indentation, infinite space, integument, interface, interstellar space, issue, issue forth, jejune, jet, jump out, jump up, knee-deep, knub, leap up, legalistic, light, lineaments, materialize, measure, mere scratch, nap, no depth, no water, nominal, not deep, nothingness, nub, on the surface, open, ostensible, ostensibly, out, outer, outer face, outer layer, outer side, outer skin, outer space, outermost, outline, outlying, outmost, outside, outstanding, outward, outward-facing, outwardly, pave, pedantic, peripheral, periphery, pile, pinprick, pit, plane, pock, pop up, proportion, proportional, protrude, protuberance, public, ridgepole, rig for diving, rind, rise, rocket, roof, roofpole, rooftop, roundabout, sally, sally forth, scratch, seeming, shag, shallow, shallow-rooted, shallowness, shell, shoal, shoaliness, shoot up, show up, side, skin, skin-deep, skyrocket, slight, slightness, space, space-time, spatial, spatial extension, spatiotemporal, sphere, spherical, spread, spring up, spurt, start up, stereoscopic, structure, stylized, submerge, superficial, superficial extension, superficiality, superficially, superficies, superstratum, surface texture, tarmac, texture, thin, three-dimensional, to all appearances, top, top floor, top side, topside, topsides, tract, trivial, triviality, two-dimensional, unprofound, upleap, upper side, upshoot, upside, upspear, upspring, upstart, vault up, veneer, visible, void, volume, volumetric, wale, weave, woof ... show more.
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