superficies

== English == === Etymology === Borrowing from Latin superficiēs (“top, surface”), from super- (“above, over”) +‎ faciēs (“form, configuration, shape”). Doublet of surface. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌsuː.pəˈfɪʃ.i.iːz/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˌsu.pɚˈfɪˌʃiz/, /ˌsu.pɚˈfɪʃ.iˌiz/ === Noun === superficies (plural superficies) (geometry) A two-dimensional magnitude that has length and breadth; especially such a surface that forms the boundary of a solid. 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). (law) A building intimately associated with the land on which it is built. ==== Related terms ==== === References === John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “superficies”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN. “superficies”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. “superficies”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. == Asturian == === Noun === superficies plural of superficie == French == === Noun === superficies f plural of superficie == Interlingua == === Noun === superficies plural of superficie == Latin == === Etymology === From super- (“above, over”) +‎ faciēs (“form, configuration, shape”), with the change in vowel likely influenced by -fex. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [sʊ.pɛrˈfɪ.ki.eːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [su.perˈfiː.t͡ʃi.es] === Noun === superficiēs f (genitive superficiēī); fifth declension the top, surface (upper side of a thing) (law) a building (as opposed to the land on which it is built) (geometry) a superficies ==== Inflection ==== Fifth-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== superficiālis superficiārius superficium ==== Descendants ==== === References === “superficies”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “superficies”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "superficies", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “superficies”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “superficies”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin == Spanish == === Noun === superficies f pl plural of superficie