superficies
Americannoun
plural
superficies-
the surface, outer face, or outside of a thing.
-
the outward appearance, especially as distinguished from the inner nature.
noun
-
a surface or outer face
-
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
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
He’s the king of superficies: you fall in love with his Puppy immediately, involuntarily, unironically.
From The Guardian • Jul. 3, 2014
“You cannot stop the superficies of objects from evaporation,” he said.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
Egypt," says: "Egypt has a superficies of about 9,582 square geographical miles of soil, which the Nile either does or can water and fertilize.
From Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action by Marsh, George P.
"Without form," intelligible enough as a metaphor, if taken literally, is absurd; for a material thing existing in space must have a superficies, and if it has a superficies it has a form.
From Essays Upon Some Controverted Questions by Huxley, Thomas H.
The superficies of the earth being twice seven times that of the moon, what an influence the earth must exercise over its satellite!
From Moon Lore by Harley, Timothy
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
