surface

Definition

The overside or up-side of a flat object such as a table, or of a liquid.

Etymology

From French surface. Doublet of superficies.

Example Sentences

• "A very neat old woman, still in her good outdoor coat and best beehive hat, was sitting at a polished mahogany table on whose surface there were several scored scratches so deep that a triangular piece of the veneer had come cleanly away,[…]."
• "Use the lowest light level required. Be mindful of surface conditions, as some surfaces may reflect more light into the night sky than was intended."
• "Of all the transitions brought about on the Earth’s surface by temperature change, the melting of ice into water is the starkest. It is binary. And for the land beneath, the air above and the life around, it changes everything."