Meaning of surface | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The overside or upside of a flat object such as a table, or of a liquid
2. The overside or up-side of a flat object such as a table, or of a liquid.
3. A surname.
4. The outside hull of a tangible object
5. area (extension of land)
6. The outside hull of a tangible object.
7. To all intents and purposes; to all outward appearances: a soldier who, on the surface, appeared brave and patriotic.
8. Outward or external appearance
9. Outward or external appearance.
   figuratively
10. mail sent by ship, train etc and not by aeroplane. landpos البَريد العادي поща correio normal obyčejná pošta gewöhnliche Post almindelig post ταχυδρομείο δια ξηράς ή θαλάσσης correo por vía terrestre/marítima maismaapost پست زميني pintaposti courrier de surface דוֹאָר רִגיל स्थल डाक obična (ne avionska) pošta vasúton, hajón szállított posta pos darat dan laut land– eða sjópóstur posta ordinaria/normale 普通郵便 (육상) 수송, 선박 우편물 paprastas paštas parasts pasta sūtījums pos darat dan laut landpost, z...
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11. The locus of an equation (especially one with exactly two degrees of freedom) in a space of more than two dimensions
12. The locus of an equation (especially one with exactly two degrees of freedom) in a space of more than two dimensions.
13. superficie; porción o límite exterior de una estructura;___ tension → tensión superficial.
14. The story or image suggested by a cryptic clue, when read as a whole sentence without considering wordplay
15. The story or image suggested by a cryptic clue, when read as a whole sentence without considering wordplay.
16. The outer or the topmost boundary of an object.
17. Mathematics a. The boundary of a three-dimensional figure.
    Mathematics
18. The superficial or external aspect: "a flamboyant, powerful confidence man who lives entirely on the surface of experience" (Frank Conroy).
19. An airfoil.
20. Relating to, on, or at a surface: surface algae in the water.
21. Relating to or occurring on or near the surface of the earth.
22. Superficial.

Equivalents

Examples

“A very neat old woman, still in her good outdoor coat and best beehive hat, was sitting at a polished mahogany table on whose surface there were several scored scratches so deep that a triangular piece of the veneer had come cleanly away,[…].”

“Use the lowest light level required. Be mindful of surface conditions, as some surfaces may reflect more light into the night sky than was intended.”

“Of all the transitions brought about on the Earth’s surface by temperature change, the melting of ice into water is the starkest. It is binary. And for the land beneath, the air above and the life around, it changes everything.”

“[The researchers] noticed many of their pieces of [plastic marine] debris sported surface pits around two microns across.”

“On the surface, the spy looked like a typical businessman.”

“Such characters as have nothing but external accompliſhments to recommend them, may indeed be greatly admired and approved by vain and weak underſtandings, which penetrate no deeper than the ſurface; but they are deſpiſed by all the truly ſenſible, and pitied by all the truly good.”

““A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron; and she looked it, always trim and trig and smooth of surface like a converted yacht cleared for action. ¶ Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable,[…].”

“The surface is clearly about people like you and me, those whose better days are behind us and who now shop at M&S.”

“If you are fooled by the surface you start thinking about internet browsers. But in this case it deviously refers to an animal that feeds by browsing, which is a longer standing use of the word.”

“This clue with a booze-related surface uses “sandwich” wordplay, with an insertion of P from “priceless” into “lean to”, which the Oxford Dictionary of English lists as an alternative to “lean towards”, meaning the same as “incline to”.”

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