Definition of surface

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Surface (n.) Hence, outward or external appearance..

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Incidence :: Incidence (n.) The direction in which a body, or a ray of light or heat, falls on any surface..
Flytrap :: Flytrap (n.) A plant (Dionaea muscipula), called also Venus's flytrap, the leaves of which are fringed with stiff bristles, and fold together when certain hairs on their upper surface are touched, thus seizing insects that light on them. The insects so caught are afterwards digested by a secretion from the upper surface of the leaves..
Projecture :: Projecture (n.) A jutting out beyond a surface.
Flat-bottomed :: Flat-bottomed (a.) Having an even lower surface or bottom; as, a flat-bottomed boat..
Escaloped :: Escaloped (a.) Covered with a pattern resembling a series of escalop shells, each of which issues from between two others. Its appearance is that of a surface covered with scales..
Solder :: Solder (n.) A metal or metallic alloy used when melted for uniting adjacent metallic edges or surfaces; a metallic cement.
Intaglio :: Intaglio (n.) A cutting or engraving; a figure cut into something, as a gem, so as to make a design depressed below the surface of the material; hence, anything so carved or impressed, as a gem, matrix, etc.; -- opposed to cameo. Also used adjectively..
Exstrophy :: Exstrophy (n.) The eversion or turning out of any organ, or of its inner surface; as, exstrophy of the eyelid or of the bladder..
Kick :: Kick (n.) A projection in a mold, to form a depression in the surface of the brick..
Cretonne :: Cretonne (n.) A kind of chintz with a glossy surface.
Bifacial :: Bifacial (a.) Having the opposite surfaces alike.
Corona :: Corona (n.) The upper surface of some part, as of a tooth or the skull; a crown..
Gibbose :: Gibbose (a.) Humped; protuberant; -- said of a surface which presents one or more large elevations.
Calicle :: Calicle (n.) One of the small cuplike cavities, often with elevated borders, covering the surface of most corals. Each is formed by a polyp. (b) One of the cuplike structures inclosing the zooids of certain hydroids. See Campanularian..
Apex :: Apex (n.) The end or edge of a vein nearest the surface.
Increase :: Increase (v. i.) To become more nearly full; to show more of the surface; to wax; as, the moon increases..
Scallop :: Scallop (v. t.) To mark or cut the edge or border of into segments of circles, like the edge or surface of a scallop shell. See Scallop, n., 2..
Jasper :: "Jasper (n.) An opaque, impure variety of quartz, of red, yellow, and other dull colors, breaking with a smooth surface. It admits of a high polish, and is used for vases, seals, snuff boxes, etc. When the colors are in stripes or bands, it is called striped / banded jasper. The Egyptian pebble is a brownish yellow jasper..
Smooth :: Smooth (superl.) Causing no resistance to a body sliding along its surface; frictionless.
Platform :: Platform (n.) Any flat or horizontal surface; especially, one that is raised above some particular level, as a framework of timber or boards horizontally joined so as to form a roof, or a raised floor, or portion of a floor; a landing; a dais; a stage, for speakers, performers, or workmen; a standing place..
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