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superficies |
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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