superficies

[ soo-per-fish-ee-eez, -fish-eez ]

noun

, plural su·per·fi·ci·es.

1. the surface, outer face, or outside of a thing.
2. the outward appearance, especially as distinguished from the inner nature.

superficies

/ ˌsuːpəˈfɪʃiːz /

noun

1. a surface or outer face
2. the outward form of a thing

Word History and Origins

Origin of superficies¹

1520–30; < Latin superficiēs, equivalent to super- super- + -ficiēs, combining form of faciēs face

Word History and Origins

Origin of superficies¹

C16: from Latin: upper side, from super- + faciēs face

Example Sentences

They therefore greatly exceed in superficies the mass of the European lands, estimated at about 490,000 square leagues.

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That as is superficies non orbis Terr, so it was not a known personification at the time of Homer.

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Simultaneous order is like a work cohering from the centre to the superficies, 314.

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When we came upon its banks, we found them composed of a red loam with sandy superficies.

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Only in one place did the sandy superficies upon the plain indicate that it was there subject to flood.

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