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surface

/ˈsɜːfɪs/ · noun

Meaning

  1. The overside or up-side of a flat object such as a table, or of a liquid.
  2. The outside hull of a tangible object.
  3. Outward or external appearance.
  4. The locus of an equation (especially one with exactly two degrees of freedom) in a more-than-two-dimensional space.
  5. (fortification) That part of the side which is terminated by the flank prolonged, and the angle of the nearest bastion.
  6. To provide something with a surface.
  7. To apply a surface to something.
  8. To rise to the surface.
  9. To bring to the surface.
  10. To come out of hiding.
  11. For information or facts to become known.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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