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"etymology_text": "From superficial, under influence from surface.",
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"text": "When the soil swells on wetting, the former surficial material is mixed with the subsoil.",
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],
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"Of or pertaining to the surface of something, particularly the surface of the Earth."
],
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"(geology, astronomy) Of or pertaining to the surface of something, particularly the surface of the Earth."
],
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"word": "superficial"
}
],
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"not-comparable"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "pertaining to the surface",
"word": "oberflächlich"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "pertaining to the surface",
"word": "overfladisk"
},
{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "pertaining to the surface",
"word": "superficial"
}
]
}
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"ipa": "/səːˈfɪʃl/",
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},
{
"ipa": "/səɹˈfɪʃ(ə)l/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪʃəl"
}
],
"word": "surficial"
}
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"surface",
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "pertaining to the surface",
"word": "oberflächlich"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "pertaining to the surface",
"word": "overfladisk"
},
{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "pertaining to the surface",
"word": "superficial"
}
],
"word": "surficial"
}
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