surface
/ˈsɜː.fɪs/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.83 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
noun
The locus of an equation (especially one with exactly two degrees of freedom) in a space of more than two dimensions.
noun
The story or image suggested by a cryptic clue, when read as a whole sentence without considering wordplay.
Example Sentences
- "A very neat old woman, still in her good outdoor coat and best beehive hat, was sitting at a polished mahogany table on whose surface there were several scored scratches so deep that a triangular piece of the veneer had come cleanly away,[…]."
- "Use the lowest light level required. Be mindful of surface conditions, as some surfaces may reflect more light into the night sky than was intended."
- "Of all the transitions brought about on the Earth’s surface by temperature change, the melting of ice into water is the starkest. It is binary. And for the land beneath, the air above and the life around, it changes everything."
- "[The researchers] noticed many of their pieces of [plastic marine] debris sported surface pits around two microns across."
- "On the surface, the spy looked like a typical businessman."
- "Such characters as have nothing but external accompliſhments to recommend them, may indeed be greatly admired and approved by vain and weak underſtandings, which penetrate no deeper than the ſurface; but they are deſpiſed by all the truly ſenſible, and pitied by all the truly good."