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
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Etymology
Origin of superficies
1520–30; < Latin superficiēs, equivalent to super- super- + -ficiēs, combining form of faciēs face
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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
In this instance 200 degrees of the horizon were more elevated than the place attacked, while the destruction proves that the superficies invited no accumulation here.
From A Morning's Walk from London to Kew by Richard Phillips
The superficies of the island is estimated at somewhat less than two millions and a quarter of English acres.
From Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition. by Thomas Forester
Egypt," says: "Egypt has a superficies of about 9,582 square geographical miles of soil, which the Nile either does or can water and fertilize.
From Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action by George P. Marsh
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