Thesaurus: superficies

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1. n. The surface; the exterior part, superficial area, or face of a thing.
2. n. 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.
3. n. 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.
4. n. the purely external aspect of a thing; superficial appearance
5. n. outer surface of an area or a body
6. 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.
7. n. the purely external aspect of a thing; superficial appearance n. outer surface of an area or a body