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Meaning of 'superficies' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Superficies [ n.]
- The surface; the exterior part, superficial area, or face of a thing.
- Everything on the surface of a piece of ground, or of a building, so closely connected by art or nature as to constitute a part of it, as houses, or other superstructures, fences, trees, vines, etc.
- A real right consisting of a grant by a landed proprietor of a piece of ground, bearing a strong resemblance to the long building leases granted by landholders in England, in consideration of a rent, and under reservation of the ownership of the soil.

Meaning of 'superficies' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . superficies [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the purely external aspect of a thing; superficial appearance
Example in sentence:
  • the audience was held by the substance of the play rather than by the superficies of the production

Nearby Words:

sup supawn supe super super- superable superabound superabundance superabundant superacidulated

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