Surface

Quick meaning: Surface is a noun meaning The overside or upside of a flat object such as a table, or of a liquid.

Meaning

The overside or upside of a flat object such as a table, or of a liquid.

More Meanings

1. The outside hull of a tangible object.
2. (figurative) Outward or external appearance.
3. (crosswording) The story or image suggested by a cryptic clue, when read as a whole sentence without considering wordplay.
4. (computer graphics) A portion of the display to which graphics can be rendered.
5. (transitive) To provide with a surface; to apply a surface to.
6. (intransitive) To rise to the surface.
7. (mathematics, geometry) The locus of an equation (especially one with exactly two degrees of freedom) in a space of more than two dimensions.

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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.

Word Forms

• surfaces
• surfacing
• surfaced

Synonyms for surface

Depending on context, synonyms include overside, superfice, superficial, open, rise, show up.

Antonyms for surface

Common opposites include overhead, subsurface.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include rise, aboveground, come on, open, show up, turn up.

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