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资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Surface \Sur"face`\, n. [F. See {Sur-}, and {Face}, and cf.
{Superficial}.]
1. 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.
The bright surface of this ethereous mold. --Milton.
2. Hence, outward or external appearance.
Vain and weak understandings, which penetrate no
deeper than the surface. --V. Knox.
3. (Geom.) A magnitude that has length and breadth without
thickness; superficies; as, a plane surface; a spherical
surface.
4. (Fort.) That part of the side which is terminated by the
flank prolonged, and the angle of the nearest bastion.
--Stocqueler.
{Caustic surface}, {Heating surface}, etc. See under
{Caustic}, {Heating}, etc.
{Surface condensation}, {Surface condenser}. See under
{Condensation}, and {Condenser}.
{Surface gauge} (Mach.), an instrument consisting of a
standard having a flat base and carrying an adjustable
pointer, for gauging the evenness of a surface or its
height, or for marking a line parallel with a surface.
{Surface grub} (Zo["o]l.), the larva of the great yellow
underwing moth ({Triph[oe]na pronuba}). It is often
destructive to the roots of grasses and other plants.
{Surface plate} (Mach.), a plate having an accurately dressed
flat surface, used as a standard of flatness by which to
test other surfaces.
{Surface printing}, printing from a surface in relief, as
from type, in distinction from plate printing, in which
the ink is contained in engraved lines.
Surface \Sur"face\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Surfaced}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Surfacing}.]
1. To give a surface to; especially, to cause to have a
smooth or plain surface; to make smooth or plain.
2. To work over the surface or soil of, as ground, in hunting
for gold.
资料来源 : WordNet®
surface
adj 1: on the surface; "surface materials of the moon" [ant: {subsurface},
{overhead}]
2: involving a surface only; "her beauty is only skin-deep";
"superficial bruising"; "a surface wound" [syn: {skin-deep},
{superficial}, {surface(a)}]
surface
n 1: the outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer
constituting or resembling such a boundary; "there is a
special cleaner for these surfaces"; "the cloth had a
pattern of red dots on a white surface"
2: the extended two-dimensional outer boundary of a
three-dimensional object; "they skimmed over the surface
of the water"; "a brush small enough to clean every dental
surface"; "the sun has no distinct surface"
3: the outermost level of the land or sea; "earthquakes
originate far below the surface"; "three quarters of the
Earth's surface is covered by water" [syn: {Earth's
surface}]
4: a superficial aspect as opposed to the real nature of
something; "it was not what it appeared to be on the
surface"
5: information that has become public; "all the reports were
out in the open"; "the facts had been brought to the
surface" [syn: {open}]
6: a device that provides reactive force when in motion
relative to the surrounding air; can lift or control a
plane in flight [syn: {airfoil}, {aerofoil}, {control
surface}]
surface
v 1: come to the surface [syn: {come up}, {rise up}, {rise}]
2: put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface;
"coat the cake with chocolate" [syn: {coat}]
3: appear or become visible; make a showing; "She turned up at
the funeral"; "I hope the list key is going to surface
again" [syn: {come on}, {come out}, {turn up}, {show up}]