SUPERFICIES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does superficies mean? 

• SUPERFICIES (noun)
  The noun SUPERFICIES has 2 senses:

1. the purely external aspect of a thing; superficial appearance

2. outer surface of an area or a body

  Familiarity information: SUPERFICIES used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUPERFICIES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The purely external aspect of a thing; superficial appearance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Context example:

the audience was held by the substance of the play rather than by the superficies of the production

Hypernyms ("superficies" is a kind of...):

appearance; visual aspect (outward or visible aspect of a person or thing)

Domain usage:

plural; plural form (the form of a word that is used to denote more than one)

Derivation:

superficial (of, affecting, or being on or near the surface)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Outer surface of an area or a body

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("superficies" is a kind of...):

surface (the outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary)

Derivation:

superficial (of, affecting, or being on or near the surface)