English Explanatory Dictionary

surface

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The overside or upside of a flat object such as a table, or of a liquid.
  2. The outside hull of a tangible object.
  3. Outward or external appearance.
  4. The locus of an equation (especially one with exactly two degrees of freedom) in a space of more than two dimensions.
  5. The story or image suggested by a cryptic clue, when read as a whole sentence without considering wordplay.
  6. A portion of the display to which graphics can be rendered.
verb
  1. To provide with a surface; to apply a surface to.
  2. To rise to the surface.
  3. To bring to the surface.
  4. To come out of hiding.
  5. To become known or apparent; to appear or be found; to come to light.
  6. To make (information, facts, content, etc) known.
  7. To work a mine near the surface.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/ˈsɜː.fɪs/ /ˈsɜɹ.fəs/ en-us-surface.ogg

Word forms

surface surfaces surfacing surfaced

Etymology

Etymology tree Middle French surfacebor. English surface From Middle French surface. By surface analysis, sur- + face. Doublet of superficies.

Synonyms

overside superfice

Related words

surficial

Derived words

air-to-surface air-to-surface missile Alfven surface Alfvén surface antisurface archaeosurface attack surface bedding surface below the surface beneath the surface Catalan surface caustic surface cavosurface conical surface control surface countersurface datum surface desurface detectable warning surface developable surface Earth surface person eigensurface equipotential surface ergosurface faying surface Fermi surface Fréchet surface free surface Gaussian surface heating surface Hurwitz surface hypersurface intersurface isosurface Kummer surface land surface land-surface last scattering surface lateral surface metasurface microsurface midsurface minimal surface Morin surface multisurface nanosurface near surface near-surface nonsurface on the surface overspray surface texture palaeosurface paleosurface pseudosurface resurface Riemann surface Roman surface ruled surface directrix scratch below the surface scratch beneath the surface
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