superficies
Americannoun
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superficies
plural
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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
There are four morning papers whose superficies are nearly as great, without supplements, which they seldom publish.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, July, 1850. by Various
The Great Circle of Stennes, or Ring of Brogar, is a deeply entrenched circular space containing almost two acres and a half of superficies, of which the diameter is 366 feet.
From Notice of Runic Inscriptions Discovered during Recent Excavations in the Orkneys by James Anson Farrer
In other insects the imaginal disks are less completely disconnected from the superficies of the larval hypodermis, and may indeed be merely patches thereof.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various
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