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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Surface \Sur"face`\, n. [F. See Sur-, and Face, and cf.
Superficial.]
1. The exterior part of anything that has length and breadth;
one of the limits that bound a solid, esp. the upper face;
superficies; the outside; as, the surface of the earth;
the surface of a diamond; the surface of the body.
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The bright surface of this ethereous mold. --Milton.
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2. Hence, outward or external appearance.
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Vain and weak understandings, which penetrate no
deeper than the surface. --V. Knox.
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3. (Geom.) A magnitude that has length and breadth without
thickness; superficies; as, a plane surface; a spherical
surface.
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4. (Fort.) That part of the side which is terminated by the
flank prolonged, and the angle of the nearest bastion.
--Stocqueler.
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Caustic surface, Heating surface, etc. See under
Caustic, Heating, etc.

Surface condensation, Surface condenser. See under
Condensation, and Condenser.

Surface gauge (Mach.), an instrument consisting of a
standard having a flat base and carrying an adjustable
pointer, for gauging the evenness of a surface or its
height, or for marking a line parallel with a surface.

Surface grub (Zool.), the larva of the great yellow
underwing moth (Triphoena pronuba). It is often
destructive to the roots of grasses and other plants.

Surface plate (Mach.), a plate having an accurately dressed
flat surface, used as a standard of flatness by which to
test other surfaces.

Surface printing, printing from a surface in relief, as
from type, in distinction from plate printing, in which
the ink is contained in engraved lines.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Surface \Sur"face\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Surfaced; p. pr. & vb.
n. Surfacing.]
1. To give a surface to; especially, to cause to have a
smooth or plain surface; to make smooth or plain.
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2. To work over the surface or soil of, as ground, in hunting
for gold.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Surface \Sur"face\, v. i.
1. To rise from the depths of a liquid to the surface; as,
the submarine surfaced to recharge its batteries.
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2. To become known or public; -- said of information.
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3. To show up, as a person who was in hiding; as, he
absconded with the payroll and surfaced in Argentina.
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WordNet Surface
adj 1: on the surface; "surface materials of the moon" [ant: subsurface,
overhead]
2: involving a surface only; "her beauty is only skin-deep";
"superficial bruising"; "a surface wound" [syn: skin-deep,
superficial, surface(a)]
n 1: the outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer
constituting or resembling such a boundary; "there is a
special cleaner for these surfaces"; "the cloth had a
pattern of red dots on a white surface"
2: the extended two-dimensional outer boundary of a
three-dimensional object; "they skimmed over the surface
of the water"; "a brush small enough to clean every dental
surface"; "the sun has no distinct surface"
3: the outermost level of the land or sea; "earthquakes
originate far below the surface"; "three quarters of the
Earth's surface is covered by water" [syn: {Earth's
surface}]
4: a superficial aspect as opposed to the real nature of
something; "it was not what it appeared to be on the
surface"
5: information that has become public; "all the reports were
out in the open"; "the facts had been brought to the
surface" [syn: open]
6: a device that provides reactive force when in motion
relative to the surrounding air; can lift or control a
plane in flight [syn: airfoil, aerofoil, {control
surface}]
v 1: come to the surface [syn: come up, rise up, rise]
2: put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface;
"coat the cake with chocolate" [syn: coat]
3: appear or become visible; make a showing; "She turned up at
the funeral"; "I hope the list key is going to surface
again" [syn: come on, come out, turn up, show up]

Moby Dictionary
3-D , acreage , ankle-deep , apparent , appear , appearing , area , arise ,
bail out , bob up , border , boundary , breadth , break cover ,
break forth , break water , burst forth , circumference , clerestory ,
come , come forth , come out , come up , concrete , continuum ,
conventionalized , cortex , cortical , cover , covering , crop up ,
crust , cubic , cursoriness , cursory , debouch , depthless , dimension ,
dimensional , disembogue , dive , effuse , emanate , emerge , emptiness ,
empty space , envelope , epidermal , epidermic , epidermis , erupt ,
exomorphic , expanse , expansion , extension , extent , exterior ,
exteriority , external , extrinsic , extrinsically , extrude , facade ,
face , facet , feel , field , finish , flat , float up , flood negative ,
flood the tanks , fly up , formal , formalist , formalistic , formulary ,
fountain , fourth-dimensional , fringe , front , galactic space , gloss ,
go below , grain , granular texture , gush , impersonal , indentation ,
infinite space , integument , interface , interstellar space , issue ,
issue forth , jejune , jet , jump out , jump up , knee-deep , knub ,
leap up , legalistic , light , lineaments , materialize , measure ,
mere scratch , nap , no depth , no water , nominal , not deep ,
nothingness , nub , on the surface , open , ostensible , ostensibly ,
out , outer , outer face , outer layer , outer side , outer skin ,
outer space , outermost , outline , outlying , outmost , outside ,
outstanding , outward , outward-facing , outwardly , pave , pedantic ,
peripheral , periphery , pile , pinprick , pit , plane , pock , pop up ,
proportion , proportional , protrude , protuberance , public ,
ridgepole , rig for diving , rind , rise , rocket , roof , roofpole ,
rooftop , roundabout , sally , sally forth , scratch , seeming , shag ,
shallow , shallow-rooted , shallowness , shell , shoal , shoaliness ,
shoot up , show up , side , skin , skin-deep , skyrocket , slight ,
slightness , space , space-time , spatial , spatial extension ,
spatiotemporal , sphere , spherical , spread , spring up , spurt ,
start up , stereoscopic , structure , stylized , submerge , superficial ,
superficial extension , superficiality , superficially , superficies ,
superstratum , surface texture , tarmac , texture , thin ,
three-dimensional , to all appearances , top , top floor , top side ,
topside , topsides , tract , trivial , triviality , two-dimensional ,
unprofound , upleap , upper side , upshoot , upside , upspear , upspring ,
upstart , vault up , veneer , visible , void , volume , volumetric , wale ,
weave , woof