1 The surface of a situation or person is what they appear to be, or the features they have that are not hidden or difficult to see:
3 If a feeling or information surfaces, it becomes known:
4 to get out of bed:
He never surfaces until at least 11.00 a.m. on a Sunday.
5 working or operating on the top of the land or sea, rather than under the land or sea, or by air
6 appearing in a particular way but not always showing the truth:
his surface appearance of calm confidence
7 the outer or top part or layer of something:
the earth’s surface
Try to find a level surface on the ground where you can spread out your sleeping bags.
There was very little wind, and the surface of the water was calm.
But the fear that lurks just below the surface emerges quickly in talks with villagers.
That may seem absurd on the surface, but in a few years it will seem like wisdom.
8 to appear at the surface of something:
Pollution has decayed the surface of the stonework on the front of the cathedral.
Was it a sobering moment of emptiness or was it euphoria induced by ref lective surfaces?
Assuming strong anchoring at surfaces and a one dimensional deformation, three nondimensional parameters are identified.
The optical properties of the device can be altered by applying a field whose distorting influence on the liquid crystal opposes that of the surfaces.
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