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SUPERFICIES
superficies
(noun) outer surface of an area or a body
superficies
(noun) 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
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
superficies (plural superficies)
(geometry) A two-dimensional magnitude that has length and breadth; especially such a surface that forms the boundary of a solid.
The area of a two-dimensional surface.
The visible, external surface of a body.
The 'surface' (of something immaterial, esp. of the mind or soul).
(legal) A building intimately associated with the land on which it is built.
Source: Wiktionary
Su`per*fi"cies, n. Etym: [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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ROOTS
(noun) the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage; “his roots in Texas go back a long way”; “he went back to Sweden to search for his roots”; “his music has African roots”
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