Meaning

7 senses
  1. The external boundary of an object or body.

    the extended two-dimensional outer boundary of a three-dimensional object

  2. The overside or upside of a flat object such as a table, or of a liquid.

    Oberfläche

    пове́рхностьpovérxnostʹ

    пове́рхняpovérxnja

  3. The outside hull of a tangible object.

  4. (figuratively)Outward or external appearance.

    On the surface, the spy looked like a typical businessman.

  5. The locus of an equation (especially one with exactly two degrees of freedom) in a space of more than two dimensions.

    Fläche

    поверхностьpoverxnostʹ

    поверхняpoverxnja

  6. The story or image suggested by a cryptic clue, when read as a whole sentence without considering wordplay.

  7. A portion of the display to which graphics can be rendered.

    The video player algorithm requires a target surface.

Examples

376 sentences
  1. This table has a smooth surface.

    ruУ этого стола гладкая поверхность. — sharptoothed

    deDieser Tisch hat eine glatte Oberfläche. — xtofu80

  2. The surface of the earth is 70% water.

    ruПоверхность Земли на 70 процентов состоит из воды. — marafon

    deDie Erdoberfläche ist zu 70 % von Wasser bedeckt. — Wolf

  3. He stood on the surface of the moon.

    ruОн ступил на поверхность Луны. — paul_lingvo

  4. Land covers about 30 percent of the surface of the earth.

  5. I saw several fish swimming near the surface of the water.

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
up-side of a flat object:
locus of an equation in a more-than-two-dimensional space:
Русский
By meaning 2
up-side of a flat object:
locus of an equation in a more-than-two-dimensional space:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
up-side of a flat object:
locus of an equation in a more-than-two-dimensional space:

Origin

Borrowed from Middle French surface. By surface analysis, sur- + face. Doublet of superfic

Borrowed from Middle French surface. By surface analysis, sur- + face. Doublet of superficies.

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Forms

plural: surfaces
Singularsurface
Pluralsurfaces

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

99 related words

Collocations

4 patterns
  • the earth's surface
  • earth's surface
  • the surface of
  • surface of the

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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