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Webster 1913 Edition


Superficies

Suˊper-fi′cies

,
Noun.
[L., fr.
super
above, over +
facies
make, figure, shape. See
Surface
.]
1.
The surface; the exterior part, superficial area, or face of a thing.
2.
(Civil Law)
(a)
Everything on the surface of a piece of ground, or of a building, so closely connected by art or nature as to constitute a part of it, as houses, or other superstructures, fences, trees, vines, etc.
(b)
A real right consisting of a grant by a landed proprietor of a piece of ground, bearing a strong resemblance to the long building leases granted by landholders in England, in consideration of a rent, and under reservation of the ownership of the soil.
Bouvier. Wharton.

Webster 1828 Edition


Superficies

SUPERFI'CIES

,
Noun.
[L. from super, upon, and facies, face.] The surface; the exterior part of a thing. A superficies consists of length and breadth; as the superficies of a plate or of a sphere. Superficies is rectilinear, curvilinear, plane, convex or concave.

Definition 2024


superficies

superficies

See also: superfícies

English

Noun

superficies (plural superficies)

  1. (geometry) A two-dimensional magnitude that has length and breadth; especially such a surface that forms the boundary of a solid
  2. The area of a two-dimensional surface.
  3. The visible, external surface of a body
  4. The 'surface' (of something immaterial, esp. of the mind or soul)
    • 1819, Washington Irving, The Sketch Book, Rural Life in England:
      An immense metropolis, like London, is calculated to make men selfish and uninteresting. … They present but the cold superficies of character—its rich and genial qualities have no time to be warmed into a flow.
  5. (law) A building intimately associated with the land on which it is built

References


French

Noun

superficies f

  1. plural of superficie

Latin

Etymology

From super + faciēs.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /su.perˈfi.ki.eːs/, [sʊ.pɛrˈfɪ.ki.eːs]

Noun

superficiēs f (genitive superficieī); fifth declension

  1. top, surface (upper side of a thing)
  2. building (as opposed to the land on which it is built)

Inflection

Fifth declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative superficiēs superficiēs
genitive superficiēī superficiērum
dative superficiēī superficiēbus
accusative superficiem superficiēs
ablative superficiē superficiēbus
vocative superficiēs superficiēs

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Spanish

Noun

superficies f pl

  1. plural of superficie