"subsurface" meaning in English

See subsurface in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: sub- + surface Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|sub|surface}} 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)
    Sense id: en-subsurface-en-adj-PSpVZ529 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with sub- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 58 31 11 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with sub-: 37 30 32

Noun

Forms: subsurfaces [plural]
Etymology: sub- + surface Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|sub|surface}} sub- + surface Head templates: {{en-noun}} subsurface (plural subsurfaces)
  1. Something that is below the layer that is on the surface.
    Sense id: en-subsurface-en-noun-zd8~OMRc Categories (other): English terms prefixed with sub- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with sub-: 37 30 32
  2. (countable, mathematics) A surface which is a submanifold of another surface. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Mathematics Translations (a surface which is a submanifold of another surface): kubdayag (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-subsurface-en-noun-k84CM896 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with sub- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with sub-: 37 30 32 Topics: mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of 'a surface which is a submanifold of another surface': 5 95

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