superficies
Pronunciation: /ˌsuː.pəˈfɪʃ.i.iːz/
The English word “superficies” has 4 meanings listed here.
noun
- The area of a two-dimensional surface.
- The visible, external surface of a body.
- The surface (of something immaterial, especially of the mind or soul).
- 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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