"surface" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsɜːfɪs/ [UK], /ˈsɝːfəs/ [US] Audio: en-us-surface.ogg [US] Forms: surfaces [plural]
Etymology: From French surface. Doublet of superficies. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|surface}} French surface, {{doublet|en|superficies}} Doublet of superficies Head templates: {{en-noun}} surface (plural surfaces)
  1. The overside or up-side of a flat object such as a table, or of a liquid. Translations (up-side of a flat object): oppervlak (Afrikaans), syprinë [feminine] (Albanian), sipërfaqe [feminine] (Albanian), ἐπιπολή (epipolḗ) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), سَطْح (saṭḥ) [masculine] (Arabic), մակերեւույթ (makerewuytʻ) (Armenian), մակերես (makeres) (Armenian), superficie [feminine] (Asturian), səth (Azerbaijani), üzəri (Azerbaijani), паве́рхня (pavjérxnja) [feminine] (Belarusian), gorreenn [feminine] (Breton), повъ́рхност (povǎ́rhnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), superfície [feminine] (Catalan), 表面 (zh-min-nan) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 表面 (biu² min⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 表面 (biǎomiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), īxtli (Classical Nahuatl), povrch [masculine] (Czech), overflade [neuter] (Danish), oppervlakte (Dutch), oppervlak (Dutch), surfaco (Esperanto), pinta (Finnish), surface [feminine] (French), superficie [feminine] (Galician), ზედაპირი (zedaṗiri) (Georgian), Oberfläche [feminine] (German), επιφάνεια (epifáneia) (Greek), 表面 (péu-mien) (Hakka Chinese), taglutaw (Higaonon), felszín (Hungarian), surfaco (Ido), permukaan (Indonesian), dreach [masculine] (Irish), superficie [feminine] (Italian), 表面 (hyōmen) (alt: ひょうめん) (Japanese), бет (bet) (Kazakh), үст (üst) (Kazakh), 표면 (pyomyeon) (alt: 表面) (Korean), sovrefaz (Ladino), vierss [masculine] (Latgalian), superficiēs [feminine] (Latin), virsma [feminine] (Latvian), paviršius [masculine] (Lithuanian), danga [feminine] (Lithuanian), површина (površina) [feminine] (Macedonian), permukaan (Malay), ഉപരിതലം (uparitalaṁ) (Malayalam), kārewa (english: refers to liquids) (Maori), mata (Maori), karetai (note: of a liquid) (Maori), kahu (Maori), талбай (talbaj) (Mongolian), overflate [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), dekke (note: of a road) [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), overflate [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), dekke (note: of a road) [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), superficia [feminine] (Occitan), brādnes [feminine] (Old English), powierzchnia [feminine] (Polish), superfície [feminine] (Portuguese), suprafață (Romanian), пове́рхность (povérxnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), प्रतीक (pratīka) [neuter] (Sanskrit), по̏вршина [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), pȍvršina [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), මතුපිට (matupiṭa) (Sinhalese), povrch (Slovak), površina [feminine] (Slovene), superficie [feminine] (Spanish), yta (Swedish), dayag (Tagalog), karayagan (Tagalog), ఉపరితలం (uparitalaṁ) (Telugu), พื้นผิว (pʉ́ʉn-pǐu) (Thai), ānte (Tocharian B), yüzey (Turkish), пове́рхня (povérxnja) [feminine] (Ukrainian), بەت (bet) (Uyghur), mặt (Vietnamese), bề mặt (Vietnamese), arwyneb (Welsh), אויבנאויף (oybnoyf) [masculine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-surface-en-noun-XC8vTvMB Disambiguation of 'up-side of a flat object': 81 7 1 12
  2. The outside hull of a tangible object. Translations (outside hull of a tangible object): pinta (Finnish), felület (Hungarian), felszín (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-surface-en-noun-QJvlTBGs Disambiguation of 'outside hull of a tangible object': 3 93 2 2
  3. (figurative) Outward or external appearance. Tags: figuratively Translations (outward or external appearance): външност (vǎnšnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), pintapuoli (Finnish), felszín (Hungarian), kinézet (Hungarian), látszat (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-surface-en-noun-MyH9rT-p Disambiguation of 'outward or external appearance': 1 1 96 2
  4. (mathematics, geometry) The locus of an equation (especially one with exactly two degrees of freedom) in a more-than-two-dimensional space. Categories (topical): Geometry, Mathematics, Surfaces Translations (locus of an equation in a more-than-two-dimensional space): سَطْح (saṭḥ) [masculine] (Arabic), մակերեւույթ (makerewuytʻ) (Armenian), səth (Azerbaijani), gainazal (Basque), повърхност (povǎrhnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), superfície [feminine] (Catalan), plocha [feminine] (Czech), oppervlak (Dutch), surfaco (Esperanto), pinta (Finnish), surface [feminine] (French), Fläche [feminine] (German), yfirborð [neuter] (Icelandic), dromchla [masculine] (Irish), superficie [feminine] (Italian), бет (bet) (Kazakh), 곡면 (gongmyeon) (alt: 曲面) (Korean), virsma [feminine] (Latvian), paviršius [masculine] (Lithuanian), superfícia [feminine] (Occitan), powierzchnia [feminine] (Polish), suprafață (Romanian), поверхность (poverxnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), ploskev [feminine] (Slovene), yta [common-gender] (Swedish), yüzey (Turkish), поверхня (poverxnja) [feminine] (Ukrainian), mặt (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-surface-en-noun-X3LXDNP0 Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of 'locus of an equation in a more-than-two-dimensional space': 2 3 5 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: overside, superfice [archaic] Related terms: surficial
Derived forms: air-to-surface, air-to-surface missile, Alfven surface, Alfvén surface, antisurface, archaeosurface, below the surface, beneath the surface, Catalan surface, caustic surface, cavosurface, control surface, countersurface, datum surface, desurface, detectable warning surface, developable surface, Earth Surface Person, eigensurface, equipotential surface, ergosurface, faying surface, Fermi surface, Fréchet surface, Gaussian surface, heating surface, Hurwitz surface, hypersurface, intersurface, isosurface, land-surface, lateral surface, metasurface, microsurface, midsurface, minimal surface, Morin surface, multisurface, nanosurface, near-surface, nonsurface, on the surface, overspray surface texture, palaeosurface, paleosurface, pseudosurface, resurface, Riemann surface, scratch below the surface, scratch beneath the surface, scratch the surface, sea-surface, Seifert surface, streamsurface, sub-surface, subsurface, subway-surface, surfaceable, surface-active, surface analysis, surface area, surface boundary layer, surface car, surface clutter, surface combatant, surface-conduction electron-emitter display, surface discharge, surface energy, surface etymology, surface finish, surface gravity, surface integral, surface layer, surfaceless, surface-level, surface lift, surfacely, surface mail, surfaceman, surface-mount, surface mount, surface mounted, surface mounted technology, surface mount technology, surface-mount technology, surface normal, surface of revolution, surfaceome, surface plasmon, surface quality, surfacer, surface runoff, surface ship, surface street, surface-supplied diving, surface tension, surface-to-air, surface-to-air missile, surface-to-surface, surface-to-surface missile, surfaceward, surfacewards, surface water, surface Web, surface web, surfacic, surfacism, surfacy, surfel, surfome, tactile ground surface indicator, tactile walking surface indicator, undersurface, under the surface, worksurface, work surface

Verb

IPA: /ˈsɜːfɪs/ [UK], /ˈsɝːfəs/ [US] Audio: en-us-surface.ogg [US] Forms: surfaces [present, singular, third-person], surfacing [participle, present], surfaced [participle, past], surfaced [past]
Etymology: From French surface. Doublet of superficies. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|surface}} French surface, {{doublet|en|superficies}} Doublet of superficies Head templates: {{en-verb}} surface (third-person singular simple present surfaces, present participle surfacing, simple past and past participle surfaced)
  1. (transitive) To provide something with a surface. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-surface-en-verb-bhdAfZvZ
  2. (transitive) To apply a surface to something. Tags: transitive Translations (to apply a surface to something): burkol (Hungarian), beburkol (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-surface-en-verb-hbuI0YPq Disambiguation of 'to apply a surface to something': 3 92 0 1 2 1 1 1
  3. (intransitive) To rise to the surface. Tags: intransitive Translations (to rise to the surface): показвам се на повърхността (pokazvam se na povǎrhnostta) (Bulgarian), opduiken (Dutch), boven water komen (Dutch), aan de oppervlakte brengen (Dutch), nousta pintaan (Finnish), nousta pinnalle (Finnish), pintautua (Finnish), faire surface (French), auftauchen (German), αναδύομαι (anadýomai) (Greek), felszínre jön/emelkedik (Hungarian), felbukkan (Hungarian), előbukkan (Hungarian), felmerül (Hungarian), uachtar [masculine] (Irish), venire a galla (Italian), emergere (Italian), maiea (note: after diving) (Maori), aranga (Maori), puea (Maori), всплыва́ть (vsplyvátʹ) (Russian), ѝспливати [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), изронити [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), ìsplivati [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), izroniti [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-surface-en-verb-9Io2jqz8 Disambiguation of 'to rise to the surface': 0 0 87 9 0 0 0 4
  4. (transitive) To bring to the surface. Tags: transitive Translations (to bring to the surface): felszínre hoz (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-surface-en-verb-RwVAGRYj Disambiguation of 'to bring to the surface': 1 1 5 82 6 1 1 3
  5. (intransitive, figurative) To come out of hiding. Tags: figuratively, intransitive
    Sense id: en-surface-en-verb-Z08SVhM9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 4 4 19 1 1 1 3 36 2 2 4 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 18 6 7 17 2 3 2 3 30 3 3 7 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 15 7 6 14 3 3 3 5 26 4 4 8
  6. (intransitive, of information or facts) To become known or apparent; to appear or be found. Tags: intransitive Translations (for information to become known): изплувам (izpluvam) (Bulgarian), разчувам се (razčuvam se) (Bulgarian), paljastua (Finnish), tulla julki (Finnish), faire surface (French), publik werden (German), ans Licht kommen (German), αναδύομαι (anadýomai) (Greek), kiderül (Hungarian), felszínre/napvilágra kerül (Hungarian), venire a galla (Italian), emergere (Italian), всплыва́ть (vsplyvátʹ) (Russian), выясня́ться (vyjasnjátʹsja) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-surface-en-verb-C3X5EHRN Disambiguation of 'for information to become known': 1 2 0 5 7 55 27 2
  7. (transitive) To make (information or facts) known. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-surface-en-verb-mlWNeApZ
  8. (intransitive) To work a mine near the surface. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-surface-en-verb-OJWysusB

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "2020 June 1, DarkSky International, Five Principles for Responsible Outdoor Lighting",
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        [
          "object",
          "object"
        ],
        [
          "table",
          "table"
        ],
        [
          "liquid",
          "liquid"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "81 7 1 12",
          "code": "af",
          "lang": "Afrikaans",
          "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
          "word": "oppervlak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 7 1 12",
          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "syprinë"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 7 1 12",
          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "sipërfaqe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 7 1 12",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "saṭḥ",
          "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "سَطْح"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 7 1 12",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "makerewuytʻ",
          "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
          "word": "մակերեւույթ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 7 1 12",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "makeres",
          "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
          "word": "մակերես"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 7 1 12",
          "code": "ast",
          "lang": "Asturian",
          "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "superficie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 7 1 12",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
          "word": "səth"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 7 1 12",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
          "word": "üzəri"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 7 1 12",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "pavjérxnja",
          "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "паве́рхня"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 7 1 12",
          "code": "br",
          "lang": "Breton",
          "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "gorreenn"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 7 1 12",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "povǎ́rhnost",
          "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "повъ́рхност"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 7 1 12",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "superfície"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 7 1 12",
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "biu² min⁶",
          "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
          "word": "表面"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 7 1 12",
          "code": "hak",
          "lang": "Hakka Chinese",
          "roman": "péu-mien",
          "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
          "word": "表面"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 7 1 12",
          "code": "nan-hbl",
          "lang": "Chinese",
          "roman": "zh-min-nan",
          "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "表面"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 7 1 12",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "biǎomiàn",
          "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
          "word": "表面"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 7 1 12",
          "code": "nci",
          "lang": "Classical Nahuatl",
          "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
          "word": "īxtli"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 7 1 12",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "povrch"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 7 1 12",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "overflade"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 7 1 12",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
          "word": "oppervlakte"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 7 1 12",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
          "word": "oppervlak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 7 1 12",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
          "word": "surfaco"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 7 1 12",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
          "word": "pinta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 7 1 12",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "surface"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 7 1 12",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "superficie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 7 1 12",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "zedaṗiri",
          "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
          "word": "ზედაპირი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 7 1 12",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Oberfläche"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 7 1 12",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "epifáneia",
          "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
          "word": "επιφάνεια"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 7 1 12",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "epipolḗ",
          "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ἐπιπολή"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 7 1 12",
          "code": "mba",
          "lang": "Higaonon",
          "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
          "word": "taglutaw"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 7 1 12",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
          "word": "felszín"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 7 1 12",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
          "word": "surfaco"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 7 1 12",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
          "word": "permukaan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 7 1 12",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "dreach"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 7 1 12",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "superficie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 7 1 12",
          "alt": "ひょうめん",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "hyōmen",
          "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
          "word": "表面"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 7 1 12",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "bet",
          "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
          "word": "бет"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 7 1 12",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "üst",
          "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
          "word": "үст"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 7 1 12",
          "alt": "表面",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "pyomyeon",
          "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
          "word": "표면"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 7 1 12",
          "code": "lad",
          "lang": "Ladino",
          "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
          "word": "sovrefaz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 7 1 12",
          "code": "ltg",
          "lang": "Latgalian",
          "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "vierss"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 7 1 12",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "superficiēs"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 7 1 12",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "virsma"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 7 1 12",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "paviršius"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 7 1 12",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "danga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 7 1 12",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "površina",
          "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "површина"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 7 1 12",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
          "word": "permukaan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 7 1 12",
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "uparitalaṁ",
          "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
          "word": "ഉപരിതലം"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 7 1 12",
          "code": "mi",
          "english": "refers to liquids",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
          "word": "kārewa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 7 1 12",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
          "word": "mata"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 7 1 12",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "note": "of a liquid",
          "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
          "word": "karetai"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 7 1 12",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
          "word": "kahu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 7 1 12",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "talbaj",
          "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
          "word": "талбай"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 7 1 12",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "overflate"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 7 1 12",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "note": "of a road",
          "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "dekke"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 7 1 12",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "overflate"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 7 1 12",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "note": "of a road",
          "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "dekke"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 7 1 12",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "superficia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 7 1 12",
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "brādnes"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 7 1 12",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "powierzchnia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 7 1 12",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "superfície"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 7 1 12",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
          "word": "suprafață"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 7 1 12",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "povérxnostʹ",
          "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "пове́рхность"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 7 1 12",
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "pratīka",
          "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "प्रतीक"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 7 1 12",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "по̏вршина"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 7 1 12",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "pȍvršina"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 7 1 12",
          "code": "si",
          "lang": "Sinhalese",
          "roman": "matupiṭa",
          "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
          "word": "මතුපිට"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 7 1 12",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
          "word": "povrch"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 7 1 12",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "površina"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 7 1 12",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "superficie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 7 1 12",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
          "word": "yta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 7 1 12",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
          "word": "dayag"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 7 1 12",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
          "word": "karayagan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 7 1 12",
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "uparitalaṁ",
          "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
          "word": "ఉపరితలం"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 7 1 12",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "pʉ́ʉn-pǐu",
          "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
          "word": "พื้นผิว"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 7 1 12",
          "code": "txb",
          "lang": "Tocharian B",
          "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
          "word": "ānte"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 7 1 12",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
          "word": "yüzey"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 7 1 12",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "povérxnja",
          "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "пове́рхня"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 7 1 12",
          "code": "ug",
          "lang": "Uyghur",
          "roman": "bet",
          "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
          "word": "بەت"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 7 1 12",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
          "word": "mặt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 7 1 12",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
          "word": "bề mặt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 7 1 12",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
          "word": "arwyneb"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 7 1 12",
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "oybnoyf",
          "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "אויבנאויף"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2013 May 11, “The climate of Tibet: Pole-land”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8835, page 80",
          "text": "Of all the transitions brought about on the Earth’s surface by temperature change, the melting of ice into water is the starkest. It is binary. And for the land beneath, the air above and the life around, it changes everything.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013 July 20, “Welcome to the plastisphere”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845",
          "text": "[The researchers] noticed many of their pieces of [plastic marine] debris sported surface pits around two microns across.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The outside hull of a tangible object."
      ],
      "id": "en-surface-en-noun-QJvlTBGs",
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        [
          "outside",
          "outside"
        ],
        [
          "hull",
          "hull"
        ],
        [
          "tangible",
          "tangible"
        ],
        [
          "object",
          "object"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "3 93 2 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "outside hull of a tangible object",
          "word": "pinta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 93 2 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "outside hull of a tangible object",
          "word": "felület"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 93 2 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "outside hull of a tangible object",
          "word": "felszín"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "On the surface, the spy looked like a typical businessman.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1782, Vicesimus Knox, “On knowing the world at an early age”, in Liberal education: […], 4th edition, London: Charles Dilly […], pages 393–394",
          "text": "Such characters as have nothing but external accompliſhments to recommend them, may indeed be greatly admired and approved by vain and weak underſtandings, which penetrate no deeper than the ſurface; but they are deſpiſed by all the truly ſenſible, and pitied by all the truly good.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Outward or external appearance."
      ],
      "id": "en-surface-en-noun-MyH9rT-p",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) Outward or external appearance."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 96 2",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "vǎnšnost",
          "sense": "outward or external appearance",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "външност"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 96 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "outward or external appearance",
          "word": "pintapuoli"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 96 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "outward or external appearance",
          "word": "felszín"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 96 2",
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            "feminine"
          ],
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        {
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          "sense": "locus of an equation in a more-than-two-dimensional space",
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            "feminine"
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          "sense": "locus of an equation in a more-than-two-dimensional space",
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            "feminine"
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          "word": "поверхность"
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          "sense": "locus of an equation in a more-than-two-dimensional space",
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        "(transitive) To apply a surface to something."
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        "(intransitive) To rise to the surface."
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          "_dis1": "0 0 87 9 0 0 0 4",
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          "sense": "to rise to the surface",
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        "(transitive) To bring to the surface."
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          "_dis1": "1 1 5 82 6 1 1 3",
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
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          "word": "felszínre hoz"
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        "To come out of hiding."
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        "(intransitive, figurative) To come out of hiding."
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        }
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          "_dis1": "1 2 0 5 7 55 27 2",
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          "_dis1": "1 2 0 5 7 55 27 2",
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          "_dis1": "1 2 0 5 7 55 27 2",
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          "_dis1": "1 2 0 5 7 55 27 2",
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          "word": "tulla julki"
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          "_dis1": "1 2 0 5 7 55 27 2",
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      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "üst",
      "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
      "word": "үст"
    },
    {
      "alt": "表面",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "pyomyeon",
      "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
      "word": "표면"
    },
    {
      "code": "lad",
      "lang": "Ladino",
      "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
      "word": "sovrefaz"
    },
    {
      "code": "ltg",
      "lang": "Latgalian",
      "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "vierss"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "superficiēs"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "virsma"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "paviršius"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "danga"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "površina",
      "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "површина"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
      "word": "permukaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "uparitalaṁ",
      "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
      "word": "ഉപരിതലം"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "english": "refers to liquids",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
      "word": "kārewa"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
      "word": "mata"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "note": "of a liquid",
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
      "word": "kahu"
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    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "talbaj",
      "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
      "word": "талбай"
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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
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        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "note": "of a road",
      "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "overflate"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "note": "of a road",
      "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "dekke"
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    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "superficia"
    },
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      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "brādnes"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "powierzchnia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "superfície"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
      "word": "suprafață"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "povérxnostʹ",
      "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "пове́рхность"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "pratīka",
      "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "प्रतीक"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "по̏вршина"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pȍvršina"
    },
    {
      "code": "si",
      "lang": "Sinhalese",
      "roman": "matupiṭa",
      "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
      "word": "මතුපිට"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
      "word": "povrch"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "površina"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "superficie"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
      "word": "yta"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
      "word": "dayag"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
      "word": "karayagan"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "uparitalaṁ",
      "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
      "word": "ఉపరితలం"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "pʉ́ʉn-pǐu",
      "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
      "word": "พื้นผิว"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
      "word": "ānte"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
      "word": "yüzey"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "povérxnja",
      "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "пове́рхня"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "bet",
      "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
      "word": "بەت"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
      "word": "mặt"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
      "word": "bề mặt"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
      "word": "arwyneb"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "oybnoyf",
      "sense": "up-side of a flat object",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "אויבנאויף"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "outside hull of a tangible object",
      "word": "pinta"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "outside hull of a tangible object",
      "word": "felület"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "outside hull of a tangible object",
      "word": "felszín"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vǎnšnost",
      "sense": "outward or external appearance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "външност"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "outward or external appearance",
      "word": "pintapuoli"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "outward or external appearance",
      "word": "felszín"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "outward or external appearance",
      "word": "kinézet"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "outward or external appearance",
      "word": "látszat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "saṭḥ",
      "sense": "locus of an equation in a more-than-two-dimensional space",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "سَطْح"
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    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "makerewuytʻ",
      "sense": "locus of an equation in a more-than-two-dimensional space",
      "word": "մակերեւույթ"
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    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "locus of an equation in a more-than-two-dimensional space",
      "word": "səth"
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    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "locus of an equation in a more-than-two-dimensional space",
      "word": "gainazal"
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "povǎrhnost",
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        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "повърхност"
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    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "locus of an equation in a more-than-two-dimensional space",
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        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "superfície"
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    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "locus of an equation in a more-than-two-dimensional space",
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        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "plocha"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "locus of an equation in a more-than-two-dimensional space",
      "word": "oppervlak"
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    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "locus of an equation in a more-than-two-dimensional space",
      "word": "surfaco"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "pinta"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
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        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "surface"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "locus of an equation in a more-than-two-dimensional space",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Fläche"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "locus of an equation in a more-than-two-dimensional space",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "yfirborð"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "locus of an equation in a more-than-two-dimensional space",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dromchla"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "locus of an equation in a more-than-two-dimensional space",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "superficie"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "bet",
      "sense": "locus of an equation in a more-than-two-dimensional space",
      "word": "бет"
    },
    {
      "alt": "曲面",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gongmyeon",
      "sense": "locus of an equation in a more-than-two-dimensional space",
      "word": "곡면"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "locus of an equation in a more-than-two-dimensional space",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "virsma"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "locus of an equation in a more-than-two-dimensional space",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "paviršius"
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    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "locus of an equation in a more-than-two-dimensional space",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "superfícia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "locus of an equation in a more-than-two-dimensional space",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "powierzchnia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "locus of an equation in a more-than-two-dimensional space",
      "word": "suprafață"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "poverxnostʹ",
      "sense": "locus of an equation in a more-than-two-dimensional space",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "поверхность"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "locus of an equation in a more-than-two-dimensional space",
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        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ploskev"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "locus of an equation in a more-than-two-dimensional space",
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      "word": "yta"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
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      "sense": "locus of an equation in a more-than-two-dimensional space",
      "word": "yüzey"
    },
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "poverxnja",
      "sense": "locus of an equation in a more-than-two-dimensional space",
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        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "поверхня"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "locus of an equation in a more-than-two-dimensional space",
      "word": "mặt"
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to apply a surface to something",
      "word": "burkol"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to apply a surface to something",
      "word": "beburkol"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pokazvam se na povǎrhnostta",
      "sense": "to rise to the surface",
      "word": "показвам се на повърхността"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to rise to the surface",
      "word": "opduiken"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to rise to the surface",
      "word": "boven water komen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to rise to the surface",
      "word": "aan de oppervlakte brengen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to rise to the surface",
      "word": "nousta pintaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to rise to the surface",
      "word": "nousta pinnalle"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to rise to the surface",
      "word": "pintautua"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to rise to the surface",
      "word": "faire surface"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to rise to the surface",
      "word": "auftauchen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "anadýomai",
      "sense": "to rise to the surface",
      "word": "αναδύομαι"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to rise to the surface",
      "word": "felszínre jön/emelkedik"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to rise to the surface",
      "word": "felbukkan"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to rise to the surface",
      "word": "előbukkan"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to rise to the surface",
      "word": "felmerül"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to rise to the surface",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "uachtar"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to rise to the surface",
      "word": "venire a galla"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to rise to the surface",
      "word": "emergere"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "note": "after diving",
      "sense": "to rise to the surface",
      "word": "maiea"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to rise to the surface",
      "word": "aranga"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to rise to the surface",
      "word": "puea"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vsplyvátʹ",
      "sense": "to rise to the surface",
      "word": "всплыва́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to rise to the surface",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ѝспливати"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to rise to the surface",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "изронити"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to rise to the surface",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ìsplivati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to rise to the surface",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "izroniti"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to bring to the surface",
      "word": "felszínre hoz"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "izpluvam",
      "sense": "for information to become known",
      "word": "изплувам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "razčuvam se",
      "sense": "for information to become known",
      "word": "разчувам се"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "for information to become known",
      "word": "paljastua"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "for information to become known",
      "word": "tulla julki"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "for information to become known",
      "word": "faire surface"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "for information to become known",
      "word": "publik werden"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "for information to become known",
      "word": "ans Licht kommen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "anadýomai",
      "sense": "for information to become known",
      "word": "αναδύομαι"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "for information to become known",
      "word": "kiderül"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "for information to become known",
      "word": "felszínre/napvilágra kerül"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "for information to become known",
      "word": "venire a galla"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "for information to become known",
      "word": "emergere"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vsplyvátʹ",
      "sense": "for information to become known",
      "word": "всплыва́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vyjasnjátʹsja",
      "sense": "for information to become known",
      "word": "выясня́ться"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "surface"
  ],
  "word": "surface"
}
{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": piáu-bīn vs. zh-min-nan",
  "path": [
    "surface"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "surface",
  "trace": ""
}

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