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UK
/sˈɜːfɪs/
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[ US /ˈsɝfəs/ ]
[ US /ˈsɝfəs/ ]
NOUN
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the outermost level of the land or sea
three quarters of the Earth's surface is covered by water
earthquakes originate far below the surface -
information that has become public
the facts had been brought to the surface
all the reports were out in the open -
a superficial aspect as opposed to the real nature of something
it was not what it appeared to be on the surface - a device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air; can lift or control a plane in flight
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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 -
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
VERB
- come to the surface
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put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface
coat the cake with chocolate -
appear or become visible; make a showing
She turned up at the funeral
I hope the list key is going to surface again
ADJECTIVE
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on the surface
surface materials of the moon
How To Use surface In A Sentence
- The aircraft descended into a wetland area and had since been forgotten about as it sank below the surface. Times, Sunday Times
- Unless the radar signal is normal to some surface (extremely low probability) the radar receives no return.
- The material you choose for surfaces including counters, backsplashes and floors can also account for variations in price.
- Such football titbits always float to the surface on third-round day which remains the best, most hectic, interesting and fun day of the season - and this one was even more frenetic than usual.
- The abrupt facies shift, bioturbation and cemented nature of the surfaces suggests that they represent marine flooding surfaces, formed during a rapid rise in relative sea level and/or a reduction in sediment supply.
- Assemble the table on a level surface, turn the top wheel upside down and place the seat wheel on top of it.
- Of course, it was snuffed out because Mars is tectonically dead, so the recycling of chemicals that you get on Earth which keeps things going and supplies the surface biosphere would have actually ceased on Mars a lot earlier.
- The dyes are in the form of a suspension of particles which, for reasons not fully understood, are adsorbed onto the surface of ligno-cellulosic fibres such as sisal, abaca and fique. Chapter 8
- The altitudinal distribution of Earth-surface processes is controlled by all these factors.
- To reduce the wing trim drag, the fuselage was fitted with lateral surfaces called chines, which actually converted the forward fuselage into a fixed canard which developed lift.
