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English

Noun

surface, pl. surfaces

  1. The up-side of a flat object such as a table.
  2. The outside hull of a tangible object.
  3. (mathematics, geometry) The locus of an equation (especially one with exactly two degrees of freedom ) in a more-than-two-dimensional space.

Translations

Verb

to surface transitive

  1. To provide something with a surface
  2. To apply a surface to something

to surface intransitive

  1. To rise to the surface
  2. To come out of hiding
  3. To work a mine near the surface



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