Definition of surface

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

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Facet :: Facet (n.) A little face; a small, plane surface; as, the facets of a diamond..
Boottopping :: Boottopping (n.) The act or process of daubing a vessel's bottom near the surface of the water with a mixture of tallow, sulphur, and resin, as a temporary protection against worms, after the slime, shells, etc., have been scraped off..
Cross-banded :: Cross-banded (a.) A term used when a narrow ribbon of veneer is inserted into the surface of any piece of furniture, wainscoting, etc., so that the grain of it is contrary to the general surface..
Dorsal :: Dorsal (a.) Pertaining to the surface naturally inferior, as of a leaf..
Surface :: Surface (n.) The exterior part of anything that has length and breadth; one of the limits that bound a solid, esp. the upper face; superficies; the outside; as, the surface of the earth; the surface of a diamond; the surface of the body..
Rub :: Rub (n.) Inequality of surface, as of the ground in the game of bowls; unevenness..
Prostrate :: Prostrate (a.) Lying at length, or with the body extended on the ground or other surface; stretched out; as, to sleep prostrate..
Sphere :: Sphere (n.) The apparent surface of the heavens, which is assumed to be spherical and everywhere equally distant, in which the heavenly bodies appear to have their places, and on which the various astronomical circles, as of right ascension and declination, the equator, ecliptic, etc., are conceived to be drawn; an ideal geometrical sphere, with the astronomical and geographical circles in their proper positions on it..
Gall :: Gall (v. t.) To fret and wear away by friction; to hurt or break the skin of by rubbing; to chafe; to injure the surface of by attrition; as, a saddle galls the back of a horse; to gall a mast or a cable..
Tabular :: Tabular (a.) Having a flat surface; as, a tabular rock..
Erubescency :: Erubescency (n.) The act of becoming red; redness of the skin or surface of anything; a blushing.
Antitrochanter :: Antitrochanter (n.) An articular surface on the ilium of birds against which the great trochanter of the femur plays.
Dihedron :: Dihedron (n.) A figure with two sides or surfaces.
Tore :: Tore (n.) The surface described by the circumference of a circle revolving about a straight line in its own plane.
Ectal :: Ectal (a.) Pertaining to, or situated near, the surface; outer; -- opposed to ental..
Axillars :: Axillars (n. pl.) Feathers connecting the under surface of the wing and the body, and concealed by the closed wing..
Reflector :: Reflector (n.) Something having a polished surface for reflecting light or heat, as a mirror, a speculum, etc..
Convexity :: Convexity (n.) The state of being convex; the exterior surface of a convex body; roundness.
Underlie :: Underlie (v. t.) To lie under; to rest beneath; to be situated under; as, a stratum of clay underlies the surface gravel..
Cylindrical :: Cylindrical (a.) Having the form of a cylinder, or of a section of its convex surface; partaking of the properties of the cylinder..
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