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What (who) is Surface - definition
surface
![The [[Sun]], like all stars, appears from a distance to have a distinct surface, but on closer approach has no set surface.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/171879main LimbFlareJan12 lg.jpg?width=200 "The [[Sun]], like all stars, appears from a distance to have a distinct surface, but on closer approach has no set surface.")
![[[Water]] droplet lying on a [[damask]]. [[Surface tension]] is high enough to prevent floating below the textile.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Water droplet lying on a damask.jpg?width=200 "[[Water]] droplet lying on a [[damask]]. [[Surface tension]] is high enough to prevent floating below the textile.")
OUTERMOST OR UPPERMOST LAYER OF A PHYSICAL OBJECT OR SPACE
Curved surface
(surfaces, surfacing, surfaced)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
The surface of something is the flat top part of it or the outside of it.
Ozone forms a protective layer between 12 and 30 miles above the Earth's surface.
...tiny little waves on the surface of the water...
Its total surface area was seven thousand square feet.
N-COUNT: usu with supp
2.
A work surface is a flat area, for example the top of a table, desk, or kitchen cupboard, on which you can work.
It can simply be left on the work surface...
N-COUNT: usu with supp
3.
When you refer to the surface of a situation, you are talking about what can be seen easily rather than what is hidden or not immediately obvious.
Back in Britain, things appear, on the surface, simpler...
Social unrest, never far below the surface in Brazil, has erupted over the last few days...
N-SING: usu the N
4.
Surface is used to describe the parts of the armed forces which travel by ship or by land rather than underwater or in the air.
In contrast with its surface fleet, Britain's submarine force was relatively small.
ADJ: ADJ n
5.
If someone or something under water surfaces, they come up to the surface of the water.
He surfaced, gasping for air.
VERB: V
6.
When something such as a piece of news, a feeling, or a problem surfaces, it becomes known or becomes obvious.
The paper says the evidence, when it surfaces, is certain to cause uproar...
= emerge
VERB: V
7.
When someone surfaces, they appear after not being seen for some time, for example because they have been asleep. (INFORMAL)
What time do you surface?
VERB: V
surface
OUTERMOST OR UPPERMOST LAYER OF A PHYSICAL OBJECT OR SPACE
Curved surface
n.
Superficies, exterior, outside, external part.
Surface
OUTERMOST OR UPPERMOST LAYER OF A PHYSICAL OBJECT OR SPACE
Curved surface
A galvanic battery is arranged in surface when all the positive plates
are connected together and all the negative plates are also connected.
This makes it equivalent to one large cell, the surface of whose plates
would be equal to the aggregate surface of the plates of the battery. It
is also used as an adjective, as "a surface arrangement of battery."
Wikipedia
Surface
A surface, as the term is most generally used, is the outermost or uppermost layer of a physical object or space. It is the portion or region of the object that can first be perceived by an observer using the senses of sight and touch, and is the portion with which other materials first interact.
Examples of use of Surface
1. Advertisement "The Syrian surface–to–surface missile threat has increased in the past year," he added.
2. Jason provided information on sea–surface height and QuikSCAT provided surface–wind data.
3. During the manoeuvres that began August 1', Iran also has tested a new air defense system and fired short range surface–to–surface and submarine–to–surface missiles.
4. U.S. forces have responded with tank fire and surface–to–surface missiles, destroying buildings.
5. The surface snow is then distributed across the grids according to the local surface elevation.