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superficies

Pronunciation: /ˌsuː.pəˈfɪʃ.i.iːz/

The English word “superficies” has 4 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. The area of a two-dimensional surface.
  2. The visible, external surface of a body.
  3. The surface (of something immaterial, especially of the mind or soul).
  4. A building intimately associated with the land on which it is built.

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin superficiēs (“top, surface”), from super- (“above, over”) + faciēs (“form, configuration, shape”). Doublet of surface.

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