superficies
Meanings
noun
- A two-dimensional magnitude that has length and breadth; especially such a surface that forms the boundary of a solid.
- The area of a two-dimensional surface.
- The visible, external surface of a body.
- The surface (of something immaterial, especially of the mind or soul).
- A building intimately associated with the land on which it is built.
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Borrowing from Latin superficiēs (“top, surface”), from super- (“above, over”) + faciēs (“form, configuration, shape”). Doublet of surface.
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