superficies
Americannoun
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the surface, outer face, or outside of a thing.
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the outward appearance, especially as distinguished from the inner nature.
noun
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a surface or outer face
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the outward form of a thing
Other Word Forms
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Etymology
Origin of superficies
1520–30; < Latin superficiēs, equivalent to super- super- + -ficiēs, combining form of faciēs face
Example Sentences
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He’s the king of superficies: you fall in love with his Puppy immediately, involuntarily, unironically.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 3, 2014
“You cannot stop the superficies of objects from evaporation,” he said.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
The entire superficies would thus amount to 501,600 geographical square miles, equal to 663,366 English miles.
From The Oregon Territory Its History and Discovery by Twiss, Travers
Their superficies is equal to about an acre and a half.
From A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria, v. 1 by Armstrong, Walter, Sir
The superficies of the water was snowed, for the reserve of the hole that Diogenes was made.
From English as she is spoke or, A jest in sober earnest by Fonseca, José da
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