superficies

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11
Pronunciation
/ˌsuː.pəˈfɪʃ.i.iːz/
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/ˌsuː.pəˈfɪʃ.i.iːz/ · /ˌsu.pɚˈfɪˌʃiz/ · /ˌsu.pɚˈfɪʃ.iˌiz/

Definition of superficies

4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A two-dimensional magnitude that has length and breadth; especially such a surface that forms the boundary of a solid.
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noun

  1. A two-dimensional magnitude that has length and breadth; especially such a surface that forms the boundary of a solid.
  2. A two-dimensional magnitude that has length and breadth; especially such a surface that forms the boundary of a solid.
    “The Superficies was compoſed of ſeveral bits of Wood, about the bigneſs of a Dye, but ſome larger than others.”
  3. The surface (of something immaterial, especially of the mind or soul).
    “An immense metropolis, like London, is calculated to make men selfish and uninteresting. … They present but the cold superficies of character—its rich and genial qualities have no time to be warmed into a flow.”
  4. A building intimately associated with the land on which it is built.

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Etymology

Borrowing from Latin superficiēs (“top, surface”), from super- (“above, over”) + faciēs (“form, configuration, shape”). Doublet of surface.

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