surface
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From French surface.
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Noun
surface (plural surfaces)
- The up-side of a flat object such as a table.
- The outside hull of a tangible object.
- (mathematics) (geometry) The locus of an equation (especially one with exactly two degrees of freedom) in a more-than-two-dimensional space.
[edit] Synonyms
- superfice (archaic)
[edit] Translations
up-side of a flat object
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[edit] Derived terms
[edit] Verb
surface (third-person singular simple present surfaces, present participle surfacing, simple past and past participle surfaced)
- (transitive) To provide something with a surface.
- (transitive) To apply a surface to something.
- (intransitive) To rise to the surface.
- (intransitive) To come out of hiding.
- (intransitive) For information or facts to become known.
- (intransitive) To work a mine near the surface.
[edit] Translations
to rise to the surface
for information to become known
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[edit] French
[edit] Etymology
sur- + face, based on Latin superficies.
[edit] Pronunciation
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[edit] Noun
surface f. (plural surfaces)
