Found 3 items, similar to Surface.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: surface permukaan
English → English (WordNet) Definition: surface surface adj 1: on the surface; “surface materials of the moon” [ant: subsurface, overhead] 2: involving a surface only; “her beauty is only skin-deep”; “superficial bruising”; “a surface wound” [syn: skin-deep, superficial, surface(a)] surface n 1: the outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary; “there is a special cleaner for these surfaces”; “the cloth had a pattern of red dots on a white surface” 2: the extended two-dimensional outer boundary of a three-dimensional object; “they skimmed over the surface of the water”; “a brush small enough to clean every dental surface”; “the sun has no distinct surface” 3: the outermost level of the land or sea; “earthquakes originate far below the surface”; “three quarters of the Earth's surface is covered by water” [syn: Earth's surface ] 4: a superficial aspect as opposed to the real nature of something; “it was not what it appeared to be on the surface” 5: information that has become public; “all the reports were out in the open”; “the facts had been brought to the surface” [syn: open] 6: a device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air; can lift or control a plane in flight [syn: airfoil, aerofoil, control surface ] surface v 1: come to the surface [syn: come up, rise up, rise] 2: put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface; “coat the cake with chocolate” [syn: coat] 3: appear or become visible; make a showing; “She turned up at the funeral”; “I hope the list key is going to surface again” [syn: come on, come out, turn up, show up]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Surface Surface \Sur"face\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Surfaced; p. pr. & vb. n. Surfacing.] 1. To give a surface to; especially, to cause to have a smooth or plain surface; to make smooth or plain. [1913 Webster] 2. To work over the surface or soil of, as ground, in hunting for gold. [1913 Webster] Surface \Sur"face\, v. i. 1. To rise from the depths of a liquid to the surface; as, the submarine surfaced to recharge its batteries. [PJC] 2. To become known or public; -- said of information. [PJC] 3. To show up, as a person who was in hiding; as, he absconded with the payroll and surfaced in Argentina. [PJC] Surface \Sur"face`\, n. [F. See Sur-, and Face, and cf. Superficial.] 1. The exterior part of anything that has length and breadth; one of the limits that bound a solid, esp. the upper face; superficies; the outside; as, the surface of the earth; the surface of a diamond; the surface of the body. [1913 Webster] The bright surface of this ethereous mold. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence, outward or external appearance. [1913 Webster] Vain and weak understandings, which penetrate no deeper than the surface. --V. Knox. [1913 Webster] 3. (Geom.) A magnitude that has length and breadth without thickness; superficies; as, a plane surface; a spherical surface. [1913 Webster] 4. (Fort.) That part of the side which is terminated by the flank prolonged, and the angle of the nearest bastion. --Stocqueler. [1913 Webster] Caustic surface, Heating surface, etc. See under Caustic, Heating, etc. Surface condensation, Surface condenser. See under Condensation, and Condenser. Surface gauge (Mach.), an instrument consisting of a standard having a flat base and carrying an adjustable pointer, for gauging the evenness of a surface or its height, or for marking a line parallel with a surface. Surface grub (Zo["o]l.), the larva of the great yellow underwing moth (Triph[oe]na pronuba). It is often destructive to the roots of grasses and other plants. Surface plate (Mach.), a plate having an accurately dressed flat surface, used as a standard of flatness by which to test other surfaces. Surface printing, printing from a surface in relief, as from type, in distinction from plate printing, in which the ink is contained in engraved lines. [1913 Webster]