"subsurface" meaning in English

See subsurface in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- Middle French surfacebor. English surface English subsurface From sub- + surface. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|sub-|surface|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- Middle French surfacebor. English surface English subsurface [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*upó", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*supo", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "sub", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "sub-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "sub-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Middle French", "term" : "surface", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "frm" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "surface", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "subsurface", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="subsurface"> From sub- + surface. Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} subsurface (not comparable)
  1. Below the surface. Tags: not-comparable Translations (below the surface): felszín alatti (Hungarian), podpowierzchniowy (Polish), подпове́рхностный (podpovérxnostnyj) (Russian), підповерхне́вий (pidpoverxnévyj) (Ukrainian)
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Noun

Forms: subsurfaces [plural]
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  1. Something that is below the layer that is on the surface. Translations (something that is below the layer that is on the surface): subsurface [masculine] (French)
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  2. (countable, mathematics) A surface which is a submanifold of another surface. Tags: countable Translations (a surface which is a submanifold of another surface): kubdayag (Tagalog)
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Inflected forms

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      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *upó\nProto-Italic *supo\nLatin sub\nLatin sub-der.\nEnglish sub-\nMiddle French surfacebor.\nEnglish surface\nEnglish subsurface\n[Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*upó\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Italic\", \"term\" : \"*supo\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"itc-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"sub\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"la\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"keyword\" : \"from\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"sub-\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"la\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"derived\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"sub-\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" }, { \"children\" : [ { \"keyword_abbrev\" : \"bor.\", \"keyword_label\" : \"Borrowed from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"Middle French\", \"term\" : \"surface\", \"status\" : \"missing\", \"lang\" : \"frm\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"bor\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"surface\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"subsurface\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" }\" data-lang=\"en\" data-title=\"subsurface\">\nFrom sub- + surface.",
      "name": "ety"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *upó\nProto-Italic *supo\nLatin sub\nLatin sub-der.\nEnglish sub-\nMiddle French surfacebor.\nEnglish surface\nEnglish subsurface\nFrom sub- + surface.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "subsurface (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "variations in subsurface conditions"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Below the surface."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "below the surface",
      "word": "felszín alatti"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "below the surface",
      "word": "podpowierzchniowy"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "podpovérxnostnyj",
      "sense": "below the surface",
      "word": "подпове́рхностный"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "lang_code": "uk",
      "roman": "pidpoverxnévyj",
      "sense": "below the surface",
      "word": "підповерхне́вий"
    }
  ],
  "word": "subsurface"
}

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