Definitions for Surface
ˈsɜr fɪssur·face

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.0 / 6 votes

1. surfacenoun

   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. surfacenoun

   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. surface, Earth's surfacenoun

   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"

4. surfacenoun

   a superficial aspect as opposed to the real nature of something

   "it was not what it appeared to be on the surface"

5. open, surfacenoun

   information that has become public

   "all the reports were out in the open"; "the facts had been brought to the surface"

6. airfoil, aerofoil, control surface, surfaceadjective

   a device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air; can lift or control a plane in flight

7. surfaceverb

   on the surface

   "surface materials of the moon"

8. surface, come up, rise up, riseverb

   come to the surface

9. coat, surfaceverb

   put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface

   "coat the cake with chocolate"

10. come on, come out, turn up, surface, show upverb

    appear or become visible; make a showing

    "She turned up at the funeral"; "I hope the list key is going to surface again"

GCIDERate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. Surfaceverb

   To rise from the depths of a liquid to the surface; as, the submarine surfaced to recharge its batteries.

2. Surfaceverb

   To become known or public; -- said of information.

3. Surfaceverb

   To show up, as a person who was in hiding; as, he absconded with the payroll and surfaced in Argentina.

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.3 / 3 votes

1. surfacenoun

   The up-side of a flat object such as a table, or of a liquid.

2. surfacenoun

   The outside hull of a tangible object.

3. surfacenoun

   The locus of an equation (especially one with exactly two degrees of freedom) in a more-than-two-dimensional space.

4. surfaceverb

   To provide something with a surface.

5. surfaceverb

   To apply a surface to something.

6. surfaceverb

   To rise to the surface.

7. surfaceverb

   To come out of hiding.

8. surfaceverb

   For information or facts to become known.

9. surfaceverb

   To work a mine near the surface.

10. surfaceverb

    To appear or be found.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Surfacenoun

   Superficies; outside; superfice. It is accented by John Milton on the last syllable.

   Etymology: sur and face, French.

   Which of us who beholds the bright surface
   Of this ethereous mold, whereon we stand. John Milton.

   All their surfaces shall be truly plain, or truly spherical, and look all the same way, so as together to compose one even surface. Isaac Newton, Opt.

   Errours like straws upon the surface flow;
   He who would search for pearls must dive below. Dryden.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Surface

   A surface, as the term is most generally used, is the outermost or uppermost layer of a physical object or space. It is the portion or region of the object that can first be perceived by an observer using the senses of sight and touch, and is the portion with which other materials first interact. The surface of an object is more than "a mere geometric solid", but is "filled with, spread over by, or suffused with perceivable qualities such as color and warmth".The concept of surface has been abstracted and formalized in mathematics, specifically in geometry. Depending on the properties on which the emphasis is given, there are several non equivalent such formalizations, that are all called surface, sometimes with some qualifier, such as algebraic surface, smooth surface or fractal surface. The concept of surface and its mathematical abstraction are both widely used in physics, engineering, computer graphics, and many other disciplines, primarily in representing the surfaces of physical objects. For example, in analyzing the aerodynamic properties of an airplane, the central consideration is the flow of air along its surface. The concept also raises certain philosophical questions—for example, how thick is the layer of atoms or molecules that can be considered part of the surface of an object (i.e., where does the "surface" end and the "interior" begin), and do objects really have a surface at all if, at the subatomic level, they never actually come in contact with other objects.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. surface

   A surface refers to the external part or layer of something often perceived through the sense of touch, or the outer face, outside, or exterior boundary of an object or entity. It can also refer to the outermost covering or uppermost layer of a particular matter, or the visible top layer of something. Additionally, it can also refer to the extent or expanse of an object's outer face. In mathematics, a surface refers to a continuous two-dimensional figure that extends in all spatial directions.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Surfacenoun

   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

2. Surfacenoun

   hence, outward or external appearance

3. Surfacenoun

   a magnitude that has length and breadth without thickness; superficies; as, a plane surface; a spherical surface

4. Surfacenoun

   that part of the side which is terminated by the flank prolonged, and the angle of the nearest bastion

5. Surfaceverb

   to give a surface to; especially, to cause to have a smooth or plain surface; to make smooth or plain

6. Surfaceverb

   to work over the surface or soil of, as ground, in hunting for gold

7. Etymology: [F. See Sur-, and Face, and cf. Superficial.]

WikidataRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Surface

   In mathematics, specifically, in topology, a surface is a two-dimensional, topological manifold. The most familiar examples are those that arise as the boundaries of solid objects in ordinary three-dimensional Euclidean space R³ — for example, the surface of a ball. On the other hand, there are surfaces, such as the Klein bottle, that cannot be embedded in three-dimensional Euclidean space without introducing singularities or self-intersections. To say that a surface is "two-dimensional" means that, about each point, there is a coordinate patch on which a two-dimensional coordinate system is defined. For example, the surface of the Earth is a two-dimensional sphere, and latitude and longitude provide two-dimensional coordinates on it. The concept of surface finds application in physics, engineering, computer graphics, and many other disciplines, primarily in representing the surfaces of physical objects. For example, in analyzing the aerodynamic properties of an airplane, the central consideration is the flow of air along its surface.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Surface

   sur′fās, n. the exterior part of anything.—adj. Sur′faced, having a surface.—ns. Sur′faceman, a miner employed in open-air working: a workman employed in keeping a railway-bed in repair; Sur′face-print′ing, printing from a relief surface, as cotton-cloth; Sur′facer, one who, or that which, smooths or levels a surface; Sur′face-ten′sion, in liquids, that property in virtue of which a liquid surface behaves as if it were a stretched elastic membrane—say a sheet of india-rubber; Sur′face-wa′ter, drainage-water; Sur′facing, the act of giving a certain surface to anything. [Fr., from sur—L. super, and face—L. facies.]

The Standard Electrical DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Surface

   A galvanic battery is arranged in surface when all the positive plates are connected together and all the negative plates are also connected. This makes it equivalent to one large cell, the surface of whose plates would be equal to the aggregate surface of the plates of the battery. It is also used as an adjective, as "a surface arrangement of battery."

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. surface

   In fortification, that part of the side which is terminated by the flank prolonged, and the angle of the nearest bastion; the double of this line with the curtain is equal to the exterior side.

Rap DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. surface

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Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. surface

   A type of material.

   The surface of the cooker was made of a variety of materials.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on February 27, 2020  

2. ---

   surface

   An area or space.

   The surface of the desk was ample for them to work efficiently.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on April 14, 2020  

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Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. SURFACE

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Surface is ranked #12929 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Surface surname appeared 2,377 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Surface.
   
   94.1% or 2,237 total occurrences were White.
   2% or 48 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.7% or 42 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   1.3% or 32 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   0.5% or 12 total occurrences were Asian.
   0.2% or 6 total occurrences were Black.

Matched Categories

1. • Artifact
   • Aspect
   • Boundary
   • Cover
   • Public Knowledge

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Surface' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1099

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Surface' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2831

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Surface' in Nouns Frequency: #431

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How to pronounce Surface?

1. Alex

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

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How to say Surface in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Surface in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Surface in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of Surface in a Sentence

1. Kim Dong-yub:

   It might look like China is cooperating, but that'll just be on the surface.

2. Ryosuke Motani:

   Slightly after the end-Permian mass extinction, there were a lot of open opportunities as life recolonized the Earths surface, these bizarre forms grabbed the open niches and diversified, but were soon wiped out, probably by natural selection. The animal in question is one of them it must have been a slow swimmer and an inefficient feeder, but that was sufficient for the time being.

3. Purvi Parikh:

   Now as the prevalence [of marijuana use] is increasing, and with the legalization in many states, it is going to become increasingly more common, and all these cases will surface that were not recognized before.

4. James McFarlane:

   If we're not getting some Mother Nature-dictated time off out in the field, that probably means we're going to have a hard time finding surface water in the warmer months.

5. Bob Gualtieri:

   This is somebody who is trying, as it appears on the surface, to do something bad. It's a bad act. It's a bad actor, this isn't just' Oh -- we're putting a little bit of chlorine -- or a little bit of fluoride, or a little bit of something,' we're basically talking about lye that you are taking form 100 parts per million to 11,100.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Surface
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=Surface
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Surface
4. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Surface
5. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surface
6. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
7. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Surface
8. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Surface
9. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Surface
10. ^ The Standard Electrical Dictionary
    https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26535/pg26535-images.html#:~:text=Surface
11. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
    https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html
12. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
    https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
13. ^ Usage in printed sources
    https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Surface