2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Superficies  \Su`per*fi"cies\,  n.  [L.,  fr  super  above,  over  + 
  facies  make  figure,  shape.  See  {Surface}.] 
  1.  The  surface;  the  exterior  part  superficial  area,  or  face 
  of  a  thing 
 
  2.  (Civil  Law) 
  a  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 
  b  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. 
  --Bouvier.  Wharton. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  superficies 
  n  1:  the  purely  external  aspect  of  a  thing  superficial 
  appearance:  "the  audience  was  held  by  the  substance  of 
  the  play  rather  than  by  the  superficies  of  the 
  production"-R.W.Speaight 
  2:  outer  surface  of  an  area  or  a  body 

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