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“surface”
1. The topmost layer of something:The surface of the road was getting rough and bumpy.
2. The outer face, outside, or exterior boundary of something: Sam's dishes have shiny surfaces.
3. Any face of a body or thing: There are six surfaces on a cube.
2. The outer face, outside, or exterior boundary of something: Sam's dishes have shiny surfaces.
3. Any face of a body or thing: There are six surfaces on a cube.
The surface of the wooden box is rough.
Joe was warned to be careful of the icy surfaces on the streets.
4. Etymology: from Latin I>sur, "above" + face-, "face".
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facio-, faci-, face-
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super-, supra-, sur-
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surface (adjective), more surface, most surface
1. A reference to being above or external of something: Jim had a surface view of the canyon below him.
2. Pertaining to being superficial or external: Joan had a surface expression on her face when she was told that she could not go to the movie.
3. Going by land or water and not by air or underground: The postman delivered the surface mail as expected.
2. Pertaining to being superficial or external: Joan had a surface expression on her face when she was told that she could not go to the movie.
3. Going by land or water and not by air or underground: The postman delivered the surface mail as expected.
The city had the best surface transits in the country.
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facio-, faci-, face-
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super-, supra-, sur-
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surface (verb), surfaces; surfaced; surfacing
1. To make something smooth, even, or plain: The workers will surface the rough road again so it will not be so bumpy.
2. To rise to the top: The submarine surfaced to the top of the water in the harbor.
2. To rise to the top: The submarine surfaced to the top of the water in the harbor.
The dolphins were surfacing and diving back into the water over and over again.
3. To appear or to become obvious after being out of sight: After some years, the actor surfaced in a very funny comedy.
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facio-, faci-, face-
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super-, supra-, sur-
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(Greek > Latin: layer of simple cells lining the inner surface of the circulatory organs)
(Latin: pipe; an abnormal passage or communication, usually between two internal organs, or leading from an internal organ to the surface of the body)
(Latin: to dig, digging; dug out, dug up from beneath the surface; ditch, trench)
(Latin: rut or track made in the ground by a wheel; circle, ring, round surface, disk)
(Latin: bottom; under surface; earth, dirt)
(Greek > Latin: ankle, tarsal plate of the eyelid; from Greek tarsos, frame of wickerwork; broad, flat surface, as also in tarsos podos, the flat of the foot, instep of the foot; the edge of the eyelid)
(Latin: grapelike; the uvea, the [grapelike] surface of the iris of the eye)
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atmospheric boundary layer, surface boundary layer, friction layer (s) (noun); surface boundary layers; friction layers; atmospheric boundary layers (pl)
The thin layer of air adjacent to the Earth's surface; surface layer: The atmospheric boundary layer is usually considered to be less than 300 feet (91 meters) high.
In the Earth's atmosphere, the planetary boundary layer is the air layer near the ground affected by diurnal heat, moisture, or momentum transfer to or from the surface.
The thin layer of air adjacent to the Earth's surface; ground layer: The atmospheric boundary layer extends up to the so-called anemometer level (the base of the Ekman layer [thin top layer of the sea]). Within this layer the wind distribution is determined largely by the vertical temperature gradient and the nature and contours of the underlying surface, and shearing stresses are approximately constant.
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atmo-, atm- +
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sphero-, spher-, -sphere-
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electric surface-recording thermometer
An instrument that measures temperatures during oil-well temperature surveying.
It has a thermocouple, resistance wire, or thermistor as the temperature-sensitive element.
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electro-, electr-, electri-
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thermo-, therm-, thermi-, -thermia, -therm, -thermal, -thermic, -thermias, -thermies, -thermous, -thermy
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neutral axis, neutral surface
1. In engineering, the line or plane through the section of a beam or plate which does not suffer extension or compression when the beam or plate bends.
2. A line or plane, in a beam under transverse pressure, at which the fibers in the structure are neither stretched nor compressed, or where the longitudinal stress is zero.
2. A line or plane, in a beam under transverse pressure, at which the fibers in the structure are neither stretched nor compressed, or where the longitudinal stress is zero.
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neutro-, neuter-, neutr-, neut- +
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pelagocole (verb), pelagocoles; pelagocoled; pelagocoling: surface water
Living in the open surface waters of the sea.
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-cola, -colas; -cole; -colent; -colid; -coline; -colous
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A technology used for automatic identification in which low power microwave radio frequency signals are converted to ultrasonic acoustic signals by a piezoelectric crystalline material in the transponder: Surface acoustic waves were first described by Lord Rayleigh in 1885.
Variations in the reflected signal can be used to provide a unique identity.
SAW appliances are applied in television and radio.
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acous-, acou-, acouo-, acoustico-, acouto-, acousti-, -acousia, -acousis, -acoustical, acu-, -acusis-, -acusia
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Radio Frequency Identification (RFID): Definitions
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The absorption of oxygen through the surface of a fluid: Susan learned that surface aeration applied to the entrainment of air bubbles that have not been dissolved and air pockets that are transported along with the liquid. The water and air mixture is comprised of little air packages inside the water and tiny water drops encircled by air.
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aero-, aer-, aeri-
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Local analgesia (no pain) produced by an anesthetic applied to the surface of mucous membranes: Some examples of surface analgesia are those of the eyes, nose, throat, and urethra.
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algesi-, alge-, alges-, algesio-, algi-, algio-, -algesia, -algesic, -algetic, -algic, -algia, -algy
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surface electrode
1. An electrode placed on the surface of the skin or an exposed bodily organ which is used to stimulate or to record electrical activity in the underlying body tissue.
2. An electrode used for the stimulation or for a pickup of electrical activity, applied to the surface of the part being studied.
2. An electrode used for the stimulation or for a pickup of electrical activity, applied to the surface of the part being studied.
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electro-, electr-, electri-
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A shape of the edges of liquids on the top area in a tube or other glass container: In chemistry class when Sally looked at the upper surface of any fluid from the side of a glass tube, she could see a slight curve up and down or a crescent shape around the top edge of the liquid, which she learned to be a meniscus or surface meniscus.
The surface menisci of fluids indicate curved upper surfaces around the edges of liquids that are contained in tubes and which are curved because of surface tensions.
In metal work, surface meniscus applies to a solder joint that has a minimum angle at which the solder tapers from the joint to the flat surface.
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menisc-, menisco-
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(the study of the deep seas or oceans involves the abyss or the "deep seas" which cover almost two-thirds of the earth's surface; showing applicable scientific terminology in this unit)
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The descriptive study or science of the form and markings of the surface of the body: Surface anatomy deals with the external features of the human body or that of an animal, especially as they relate to underlying tissues and organs.
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Anatomy and Related Anatomical Terms
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A pheromone with an active space restricted so close to the body of the sending organism that direct contact, or something approaching it, must be made with the body in order to perceive the pheromone; A surface pheromone with a chemical secretion, can attract a member of the opposite sex only by the means of the outside part or surface of the sending organism.
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Ant and Related Entomology Terms
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