Definition of surface

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Surface (v. t.) To give a surface to; especially, to cause to have a smooth or plain surface; to make smooth or plain..

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Isogeotherm :: Isogeotherm (n.) A line or curved surface passing beneath the earth's surface through points having the same mean temperature.
Projecture :: Projecture (n.) A jutting out beyond a surface.
Hymenium :: Hymenium (n.) The spore-bearing surface of certain fungi, as that on the gills of a mushroom..
Justify :: Justify (v. i.) To form an even surface or true line with something else; to fit exactly.
Quadrate :: Quadrate (a.) A plane surface with four equal sides and four right angles; a square; hence, figuratively, anything having the outline of a square..
Screen :: Screen (n.) A surface, as that afforded by a curtain, sheet, wall, etc., upon which an image, as a picture, is thrown by a magic lantern, solar microscope, etc..
Flat :: Flat (n.) A level tract lying at little depth below the surface of water, or alternately covered and left bare by the tide; a shoal; a shallow; a strand..
Gilt :: Gilt (n.) Gold, or that which resembles gold, laid on the surface of a thing; gilding..
Row :: Row (v. t.) To propel with oars, as a boat or vessel, along the surface of water; as, to row a boat..
Moire :: Moire (n.) A watered, clouded, or frosted appearance produced upon either textile fabrics or metallic surfaces..
Tore :: Tore (n.) The surface described by the circumference of a circle revolving about a straight line in its own plane.
Fret :: Fret (v. t.) To make rough, agitate, or disturb; to cause to ripple; as, to fret the surface of water..
Reef :: Reef (n.) A chain or range of rocks lying at or near the surface of the water. See Coral reefs, under Coral..
Scroll :: Scroll (n.) Same as Skew surface. See under Skew.
Stepping-stone :: Stepping-stone (n.) A stone to raise the feet above the surface of water or mud in walking.
Chorology :: Chorology (n.) The science which treats of the laws of distribution of living organisms over the earth's surface as to latitude, altitude, locality, etc..
Indent :: Indent (v. t.) To dent; to stamp or to press in; to impress; as, indent a smooth surface with a hammer; to indent wax with a stamp..
Eschar :: Eschar (n.) In Ireland, one of the continuous mounds or ridges of gravelly and sandy drift which extend for many miles over the surface of the country. Similar ridges in Scotland are called kames or kams..
Druse :: Druse (n.) A cavity in a rock, having its interior surface studded with crystals and sometimes filled with water; a geode..
Stigma :: Stigma (v. t.) A small spot, mark, scar, or a minute hole; -- applied especially to a spot on the outer surface of a Graafian follicle, and to spots of intercellular substance in scaly epithelium, or to minute holes in such spots..
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