superficies
Americannoun
PLURAL
superficies-
the surface, outer face, or outside of a thing.
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the outward appearance, especially as distinguished from the inner nature.
noun
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a surface or outer face
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the outward form of a thing
Etymology
Origin of superficies
1520–30; < Latin superficiēs, equivalent to super- super- + -ficiēs, combining form of faciēs face
Example Sentences
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If you really want to get crazy, you can use its root “superficies,” which was long, long ago accepted as standard English.
From Fox News
He’s the king of superficies: you fall in love with his Puppy immediately, involuntarily, unironically.
From The Guardian
In other insects the imaginal disks are less completely disconnected from the superficies of the larval hypodermis, and may indeed be merely patches thereof.
From Project Gutenberg
The migration of erysipelas from one part to another of the surface is sometimes so extensive as to invade from time to time the larger part of the superficies of the body.
From Project Gutenberg
Gaucho, in the Spanish-English lexicon, is a term in architecture "applied to uneven superficies."
From Project Gutenberg
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