surface

noun · verbB1

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noun
Plural noun:
surfaces
  1. 1.

    The overside or upside of a flat object such as a table, or of a liquid.

  2. 2.

    The outside hull of a tangible object.

  3. 3.

    (figuratively)(figurative) Outward or external appearance.

    On the surface, the spy looked like a typical businessman.

  4. 4.

    (mathematics, geometry) The locus of an equation (especially one with exactly two degrees of freedom) in a space of more than two dimensions.

  5. 5.

    (crosswording) The story or image suggested by a cryptic clue, when read as a whole sentence without considering wordplay.

  6. 6.

    (computer graphics) A portion of the display to which graphics can be rendered.

    The video player algorithm requires a target surface.

Động từ

verb
V_es/s
surfaces
V_ing/Gerund
surfacing
V_ed/pp
surfaced
  1. 1.

    (transitive)To provide with a surface; to apply a surface to.

    The crew surfaced the road with bitumen.

  2. 2.

    (intransitive)To rise to the surface.

    There was great relief when the missing diver finally surfaced.

  3. 3.

    (transitive)To bring to the surface.

  4. 4.

    (figuratively, intransitive)(intransitive, figurative) To come out of hiding.

  5. 5.

    (intransitive)(intransitive, of information, facts, content, etc) To become known or apparent; to appear or be found; to come to light.

    They're not growing. Why would I surface them to new people? [...That] makes our video surface less, and that makes the next video surface less.

  6. 6.

    (transitive)To make (information, facts, content, etc) known.

    They're not growing. Why would I surface them to new people? [...That] makes our video surface less, and that makes the next video surface less.

  7. 7.

    (intransitive)To work a mine near the surface.

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Đồng nghĩa

oversidesuperficesuperfice archaic

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Nguồn gốc từ

Middle French surface. sur- face. superficies.

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