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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: surface gauge
surface gauge
n : gauge consisting of a scriber mounted on an adjustable
stand; used to test the accuracy of plane surfaces [syn:
surface gage,
scribing block]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Surface gauge
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.
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The bright surface of this ethereous mold. --Milton.
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2. Hence, outward or external appearance.
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Vain and weak understandings, which penetrate no
deeper than the surface. --V. Knox.
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3. (Geom.) A magnitude that has length and breadth without
thickness; superficies; as, a plane surface; a spherical
surface.
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4. (Fort.) That part of the side which is terminated by the
flank prolonged, and the angle of the nearest bastion.
--Stocqueler.
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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.
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