surface
see also: Surface
Etymology
Surface
Proper noun
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see also: Surface
Etymology
From
surface (plural surfaces)
- The overside or up-side of a flat object such as a table, or of a liquid.
- 1963, Margery Allingham, “Foreword”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC ↗:
- A very neat old woman, still in her good outdoor coat and best beehive hat, was sitting at a polished mahogany table on whose surface there were several scored scratches so deep that a triangular piece of the veneer had come cleanly away, […].
- The outside hull of a tangible object.
- (figurative) Outward or external appearance.
- On the surface, the spy looked like a typical businessman.
- 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter IX, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC ↗:
- “A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron; and she looked it, always trim and trig and smooth of surface like a converted yacht cleared for action. ¶ Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable, […].
- (mathematics, geometry) The locus of an equation (especially one with exactly two degrees of freedom) in a more-than-two-dimensional space.
- French: surface
- German: Oberfläche
- Italian: superficie
- Portuguese: superfície
- Russian: пове́рхность
- Spanish: superficie
- French: surface
- German: Fläche
- Italian: superficie
- Russian: поверхность
surface (surfaces, present participle surfacing; simple past and past participle surfaced)
- (transitive) To provide something with a surface.
- (transitive) To apply a surface to something.
- The crew surfaced the road with bitumen.
- (intransitive) To rise to the surface.
- There was great relief when the missing diver finally surfaced.
- (transitive) To bring to the surface.
- 2007, Patrick Valentine, The Sage of Aquarius, page 182:
- Sage went immediately to work; Damien surfaced the submarine and readied the group to meet outside the hatch.
- (intransitive, figurative) To come out of hiding.
- (intransitive, of information, facts, content, etc) To become known or apparent; to appear or be found.
- 2024 May 24, Keith Habersberger, "The Try Guys Tell All ↗" (video on Anthony Padilla's YouTube channel), 5:20:
- They're not growing. Why would I surface them to new people? [...That] makes our video surface less, and that makes the next video surface less.
- 2024 May 24, Keith Habersberger, "The Try Guys Tell All ↗" (video on Anthony Padilla's YouTube channel), 5:20:
- (transitive) To make (information, facts, content, etc) known.
- 2024 May 24, Keith Habersberger, "The Try Guys Tell All ↗" (video on Anthony Padilla's YouTube channel), 5:20:
- They're not growing. Why would I surface them to new people? [...That] makes our video surface less, and that makes the next video surface less.
- 2024 May 24, Keith Habersberger, "The Try Guys Tell All ↗" (video on Anthony Padilla's YouTube channel), 5:20:
- (intransitive) To work a mine near the surface.
- French: faire surface
- German: auftauchen
- Italian: venire a galla, emergere
- Russian: всплыва́ть
- French: faire surface
- German: publik werden, ans Licht kommen
- Italian: venire a galla, emergere
- Russian: всплыва́ть
Surface
Proper noun
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