surface

/ˈsɜːfɪs/ · noun

Meaning

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

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