'surfaces' definitions:
Definition of 'surfaces'
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- Imaginary \Im*ag"i*na*ry\, a. [L. imaginarius: cf. F. imaginaire.] Existing only in imagination or fancy; not real; fancied; visionary; ideal. [1913 Webster]
- Wilt thou add to all the griefs I suffer Imaginary ills and fancied tortures? --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- Imaginary calculus See under Calculus.
- Imaginary expression or Imaginary quantity (Alg.), an algebraic expression which involves the impossible operation of taking the square root of a negative quantity; as, [root]-9, a + b [root]-1.
- Imaginary points, lines, surfaces, etc. (Geom.), points, lines, surfaces, etc., imagined to exist, although by reason of certain changes of a figure they have in fact ceased to have a real existence.
- Syn: Ideal; fanciful; chimerical; visionary; fancied; unreal; illusive. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'surfaces'
- Surface,
- Surfaced,
- Surfacer,
- Surfacing,
- 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