'Surface' definitions:
Definition of 'surface'
From: WordNet
adjective
On the surface; "surface materials of the moon" [ant: overhead, subsurface]
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
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" [syn: surface, Earth's 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
Information that has become public; "all the reports were out in the open"; "the facts had been brought to the surface" [syn: open, surface]
noun
A device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air; can lift or control a plane in flight [syn: airfoil, aerofoil, control surface, surface]
verb
verb
Put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface; "coat the cake with chocolate" [syn: coat, surface]
verb
Definition of 'Surface'
From: GCIDE
- Surface \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. [1913 Webster]
- The bright surface of this ethereous mold. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Hence, outward or external appearance. [1913 Webster]
- Vain and weak understandings, which penetrate no deeper than the surface. --V. Knox. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Geom.) A magnitude that has length and breadth without thickness; superficies; as, a plane surface; a spherical surface. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Fort.) That part of the side which is terminated by the flank prolonged, and the angle of the nearest bastion. --Stocqueler. [1913 Webster]
- 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 (Zool.), the larva of the great yellow underwing moth (Triphoena 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Surface'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Surface'
From: GCIDE
- Surface \Sur"face\, v. i.
- 1. To rise from the depths of a liquid to the surface; as, the submarine surfaced to recharge its batteries. [PJC]
- 2. To become known or public; -- said of information. [PJC]
- 3. To show up, as a person who was in hiding; as, he absconded with the payroll and surfaced in Argentina. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'surface'
From: 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
Words containing 'Surface'
- Surfaced,
- Surfacer,
- Surfacing,
- surfaces,
- Caustic surface,
- Center of a surface,
- Conical surface,
- Cylindric surface,
- Cylindrical surface,
- Degree of a surface,
- Developable surface,
- Diametral surface,
- Equipotential surface,
- Evaporating surface,
- Family of surfaces,
- Faying surface,
- Fire surface,
- Flue surface,
- Following surface,
- Grate surface,
- Heating surface,
- Level surface,
- Neutral surface,
- Pedal surface,
- Ruled surface,
- Skew surface,
- Surface condensation,
- Surface condenser,
- Surface gauge,
- Surface grub,
- Surface loading,
- Surface of elasticity,
- Surface of flotation,
- Surface plate,
- Surface printing,
- Surface tension,
- Twisted surface,
- Vaporizing surface,
- Warped surface,
- Wave surface,
- change surface,
- control surface,
- earth's surface,
- hard surface,
- horizontal surface,
- paved surface,
- putting surface,
- quadric surface,
- road surface,
- scratch the surface,
- surface area,
- surface assimilation,
- surface carburetor,
- surface chemistry,
- surface fire,
- surface gage,
- surface lift,
- surface mail,
- surface mine,
- surface noise,
- surface ship,
- surface soil,
- upper surface,
- vertical surface,
- work surface,
- Double-surfaced,
- Polar equation of a surface,
- Single-surfaced,
- Vertex of a surface of revolution,
- air-to-surface,
- hard-surfaced,
- interfacial surface tension,
- surface search radar,
- surface-active,
- surface-assimilative,
- surface-mine,
- surface-to-air,
- To develop a curved surface on a plane,
- air-to-surface missile,
- naval surface warfare center,
- surface-active agent,
- surface-to-air missile,
- surface-to-air missile system