surface

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Etymology

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From French surface.

Pronunciation

Noun

A computer-generated representation of a surface

surface (plural surfaces)

  1. The up-side of a flat object such as a table.
  2. The outside hull of a tangible object.
  3. (mathematics) (geometry) The locus of an equation (especially one with exactly two degrees of freedom) in a more-than-two-dimensional space.

Derived terms

Verb

to surface (third-person singular simple present surfaces, present participle surfacing, simple past and past participle surfaced)

  1. (transitive) To provide something with a surface.
  2. (transitive) To apply a surface to something.
  3. (intransitive) To rise to the surface.
  4. (intransitive) To come out of hiding.
  5. (intransitive) For information or facts to become known.
  6. (intransitive) To work a mine near the surface.

Translations

to rise to the surface
  • Serbian:
    Cyrillic: испливати, изронити
    Roman: isplivati, izroniti
for information to become known
  • Russian: всплывать (vsplyvát’), выясняться (vyjasnját’sja)

French

Etymology

sur- +‎ face

Pronunciation

Noun

surface f. (plural surfaces)

  1. surface

 

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