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surface
surface
A
small
plane
or
surface
,
usually
capable
of
adjustment
but
not
of
manipulation
,
for
preserving
lateral
balance
in an
aeroplane
or
flying
machine
.
Surface
n.
The
exterior
part
of
anything
that
has
length
and
breadth
;
one
of
the
limits
that
bound
a
solid
,
esp
.
the
upper
face
;
superficies
;
the
outside
; as,
the
surface
of
the
earth
;
the
surface
of a
diamond
;
the
surface
of
the
body
.
Surface
n.
Hence
,
outward
or
external
appearance
.
Surface
n.
A
magnitude
that
has
length
and
breadth
without
thickness
;
superficies
; as, a
plane
surface
; a
spherical
surface
.
Surface
n.
That
part
of
the
side
which
is
terminated
by
the
flank
prolonged
,
and
the
angle
of
the
nearest
bastion
.
Surface
v. t.
To
give
a
surface
to;
especially
, to
cause
to
have
a
smooth
or
plain
surface
; to
make
smooth
or
plain
.
Surface
v. t.
To
work
over
the
surface
or
soil
of, as
ground
, in
hunting
for
gold
.
Surface loading
The
weight
supported
per
square
unit
of
surface
;
the
quotient
obtained
by
dividing
the
gross
weight
, in
pounds
, of a
fully
loaded
flying
machine
, by
the
total
area
, in
square
feet
, of
its
supporting
surface
.
Surface tension
That
property
,
due
to
molecular
forces
,
which
exists
in
the
surface
film
of
all
liquids
and
tends
to
bring
the
contained
volume
into
a
form
having
the
least
superficial
area
.
The
thickness
of
this
film
,
amounting
to
less
than
a
thousandth
of a
millimeter
, is
considered
to
equal
the
radius
of
the
sphere
of
molecular
action
,
that
is,
the
greatest
distance
at
which
there
is
cohesion
between
two
particles
.
Particles
lying
below
this
film
,
being
equally
acted
on
from
all
sides
,
are
in
equilibrium
as to
forces
of
cohesion
,
but
those
in
the
film
are
on
the
whole
attracted
inward
,
and
tension
results
.
Surfaced
imp. & p. p.
of
Surface
Surfacer
n.
A
form
of
machine
for
dressing
the
surface
of
wood
,
metal
,
stone
,
etc
.
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