(on a surface)
101surface-to-surface missile — surface to surface .missile n a ↑missile that is fired from land or a ship at another point on land or at another ship …
102surface area — surface ,area noun count the total area of a surface or surfaces, especially the outside surfaces of an object: enough paint to cover a surface area of 900 square feet …
103surface pressure-surface area isotherm — Surface Pressure Surface Area Isotherm Изотерма поверхностное давление площадь Зависимость поверхностного давления монослоя Ленгмюра на поверхности водной субфазы от площади, занимаемой молекулами поверхностно активного вещества в этом… …
104surface airlift mail — A combined mode of transporting international mail and military mail by surface and air. (Also see International Surface Air Lift and space available mail) …
105surface — [adj] external apparent, covering, depthless, exterior, facial, outer, outside, outward, shallow, shoal, superficial, top; concepts 485,583 Ant. central, core, inside, interior, middle surface [n] external part of something area, cover, covering …
106surface — Surface. subst. f. L exterieur, le dehors d un corps. Surface platte, unie, raboteuse. la surface de la terre …
107surface tension — ► NOUN ▪ the tension of the surface film of a liquid, which tends to minimize surface area …
108surface tension — n. a property of liquids in which the exposed surface tends to contract to the smallest possible area because of unequal molecular cohesive forces near the surface: measured by the force per unit of length …
109surface activity — noun The alteration to the surface tension of liquids due to superactive substances • • • Main Entry: ↑surface …
110Surface — Sur face, v. i. 1. To rise from the depths of a liquid to the surface; as, the submarine surfaced to recharge its batteries. [PJC] 2. To become known or public; said of information. [PJC] 3. To show up, as a person who was in hiding; as, he… …