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Press. Abstract composition with an accumulation of rectangular surfaces - in green, red, yellow and black - which are superimposed on each other and have a variable transparent character.
Press. Abstract composition with an accumulation of rectangular surfaces - in green, red, yellow and black - which are superimposed on each other and have a variable transparent character.
Illustrations
Surface decoration with a cartouche with the Latin alphabet. To the left are three children, two of whom hold the cartouche and one a torch. On the right a child is lying on the ground, a second is standing on his back and is holding the cartouche and a third has a parrot on his hand.
Surface decoration with a cartouche with the Latin alphabet. To the left are three children, two of whom hold the cartouche and one a torch. On the right a child is lying on the ground, a second is standing on his back and is holding the cartouche and a third has a parrot on his hand.
Surface decoration with a cartouche in the middle, on which are two sphinxes. Above it a lion's head that holds two ribbons in its mouth. Under the cartouche a plant with a lizard on either side.
Surface decoration with a cartouche in the middle, on which are two sphinxes. Above it a lion's head that holds two ribbons in its mouth. Under the cartouche a plant with a lizard on either side.
Sheet 1 of a series of 4 numbered sheets with surface decorations. Fides, personification of the Faith, standing in an oval. In the frame left and right a vase with flowers under a canopy. Shaded background.
Sheet 1 of a series of 4 numbered sheets with surface decorations. Fides, personification of the Faith, standing in an oval. In the frame left and right a vase with flowers under a canopy. Shaded background.
Flat decoration with leaf tendrils running symmetrically over the surface, coming from a leaf at the bottom center.
Flat decoration with leaf tendrils running symmetrically over the surface, coming from a leaf at the bottom center.
Surface decoration with three putti holding up a shield with sticks. There is a bear on the shield.
Surface decoration with three putti holding up a shield with sticks. There is a bear on the shield.
Sheet 2 of a series of 4 numbered sheets with surface decorations. Spes, personification of Hope, standing in oval. In the frame above four dragons, two of which have twisted tails. Shaded background.
Sheet 2 of a series of 4 numbered sheets with surface decorations. Spes, personification of Hope, standing in oval. In the frame above four dragons, two of which have twisted tails. Shaded background.
Sheet 3 of a series of 4 numbered sheets with surface decorations. Caritas, personification of Love, standing in an oval. Two fish and a crab hang in the frame at the top left and right. Shaded background.
Sheet 3 of a series of 4 numbered sheets with surface decorations. Caritas, personification of Love, standing in an oval. Two fish and a crab hang in the frame at the top left and right. Shaded background.
Renovation of the hall where the decorative paintings of the vault surfaces are still visible. Horizontal and vertical white stripes can be seen on the walls. The paintings rest on the ground against the crush barriers. The 1926 annual report states that the western cabinets and western pavilion were evacuated, the central heating was changed, bulkheads were installed, passageways were made and paintwork was done. The work was completed in December of that year. Western pavilion as seen to the southeast. Cross vault with painted vault surfaces. Continuous ribs in columns, painted in a calm masonry pattern. No consoles. Passageway with painted frame. In the arch plane above a painted frame around an empty plane. Room 268 was divided into four different rooms in 1927.
Renovation of the hall where the decorative paintings of the vault surfaces are still visible. Horizontal and vertical white stripes can be seen on the walls. The paintings rest on the ground against the crush barriers. The 1926 annual report states that the western cabinets and western pavilion were evacuated, the central heating was changed, bulkheads were installed, passageways were made and paintwork was done. The work was completed in December of that year. Western pavilion as seen to the southeast. Cross vault with painted vault surfaces. Continuous ribs in columns, painted in a calm masonry pattern. No consoles. Passageway with painted frame. In the arch plane above a painted frame around an empty plane. Room 268 was divided into four different rooms in 1927.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
Interesting fact
The surface of the Earth is about 60% water and 10% ice.
  1. Surfacer
    A form of machine for dressing the surface of wood, metal, stone, etc.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Interesting fact
The weddell seal, can travel underwater for seven hours without surfacing.
  1. (n) surfacer
    A machine for planing and giving a surface to wood.
  2. (n) surfacer
    A rubbing- or polishing-machine used to finish the surface of a mosaic floor. It consists of a heavy horizontal disk, or rubber, supported upon a vertical shaft and operated by a small electric motor. The machine is mounted on a carriage, having rubber-tired wheels to prevent injury to the floor, and is fltted with a sand-box and water-tank, and with pipes for delivering the sand and water to the work. The machine is drawn over the floor by the operator.
  3. (n) surfacer
    One who produces a surface either truly plane or merely fìnished with a surfacing-machine.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
Interesting fact
The surface area of an average-sized brick is 79 cm squared.
  1. Surfacer
    one who, or that which, smooths or levels a surface
Quotations
E. M. Bounds
Few persons are made of such strong fiber that they will make a costly outlay when surface work will pass as well in the market.
E. M. Bounds
Character is like the foundation of a house -- it is below the surface.
Source Unknown
Gilbert K. Chesterton
Brave men are all vertebrates; they have their softness on the surface and their toughness in the middle.
Gilbert K. Chesterton
Andre Gide
Fish die belly upward, and rise to the surface. Its their way of falling.
Andre Gide
Vladimir Nabokov
A novelist is, like all mortals, more fully at home on the surface of the present than in the ooze of the past.
Vladimir Nabokov
Humanity has only scratched the surface of its real potential.
Peace Pilgrim
Idioms

Boil to the surface - If a problem or issue boils to the surface, it emerges at a particular time and needs to be discussed or resolved.

Scratch the surface - When you scratch the surface of something, you have a superficial knowledge or understanding of it.

Etymology

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary Fr., from sur—L. super, and face—L. facies.

Usage in the news

The surface of Vesta as imaged by the Dawn spacecraft. latimes.com

On the surface, the campaign controversy du jour could hardly be a more straightforward story. nymag.com

Added surface area means you ski it shorter and slower, with effortless starts and a less tiring run. aterskimag.com

An internal investigation is underway after nearly 20 photos surfaced. firstcoastnews.com

Or, an injured foot based on a report that surfaced today. blog.nola.com

Coat the chicken breast with blackening rub, pressing it into the surface. gardendesign.com

The fiscal court received three bids for the surface, one from Rigler for $50.50 per ton. owentonnewsherald.com

A surface preparation technology company, has released a new, more powerful 500E Global portable shotblast cleaning system. masonrymagazine.com

Abrasive Blaster Provides Surface Treatment Solutions. mdtmag.com

O n a foggy October day in 2002, Basil Seggos first saw the sheen on the surface of the water. nymag.com

The story surfaced yesterday on Facebook and on the street: a woman was the victim of a bizarre 'attack' with a drug-laced business card . newstalk1290.com

Meteorites that crashed into the Martian surface last year exposed buried ice to the digital eyes of NASA spacecraft. ired.com

Vacuum and wipe walls and ceilings, and dust all surfaces. oprah.com

Microsoft's Surface tablet with Windows RT is the first worthwhile post-PC device in our post-PC world. informationweek.com

Now, the park exudes a surface calm . nytimes.com

Usage in scientific papers

The assumptions of the theorem imply that the surface X is either a torus, a K3 surface, or an Enriques surface.
Real versus Complex Volumes on Real Algebraic Surfaces

In this context, we often refer to vertical surface area as tangential surface area because it is the component of surface area tangential to spheres about the origin.
The Log-Convex Density Conjecture and vertical surface area in warped products

L minimize vertical surface area among rectifiable hypersurfaces with which they bound net volume 0 and thus uniquely minimize surface area among such surfaces.
The Log-Convex Density Conjecture and vertical surface area in warped products

This reflects the fact that while vertical surface area is preserved in Proposition 2.3, surface area is not, and so the regions of finite surface area are not necessarily the same.
The Log-Convex Density Conjecture and vertical surface area in warped products

That vertical fibers are uniquely isoperimetric follows because surface area is greater than vertical surface area with equality only when the surface is a union of vertical fibers.
The Log-Convex Density Conjecture and vertical surface area in warped products

Usage in literature

Bones grow by additions to their ends and surfaces. "The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English" by R. V. Pierce

All around them huge screens displayed various views of the surface of Venus as it slowly revolved beneath the station. "Danger in Deep Space" by Carey Rockwell

The light which lit the soil thirty feet below the surface of the ocean astonished me by its power. "The Literary World Seventh Reader" by Various

This work is best done when the frost has just left the ground for a short distance below the surface. "Clovers and How to Grow Them" by Thomas Shaw

A cloud obscured the surface of the ocean, and it was difficult to tell where it had gone, or what had become of the ship. "The Wizard of the Sea" by Roy Rockwood

Its surface is as blue as sapphire, its shores are crowned by a whole chaplet of villages and white villas among luxuriant groves. "From Pole to Pole" by Sven Anders Hedin

How to Show Plain Surfaces. "Carpentry for Boys" by J. S. Zerbe

Learned men think that at first the surface of the earth was solid rock. "Agriculture for Beginners" by Charles William Burkett

Shann wriggled through a last bush barrier and stood to look out over that surface. "Storm Over Warlock" by Andre Norton

Over all its purpled surface, blood came with a gush. "Wandl the Invader" by Raymond King Cummings

Usage in poetry
Where the wild storm's tramp hath ne'er been known
The wrecks of the sea lie low and lone;
Thus the heart's surface may sparkle and glow,
There are wrecks far down -- there are graves below.
"A Reverie" by Abram Joseph Ryan Author object (8)
No! fancy may sometimes my reason control—
The surface be ruffled by passion's fierce breath,
But trust me, that still in the depths of my soul,
Love and reason together shall reign until death.
"Songs" by Peter John Allan
As red as the red of roses,
As white as the white of snows!
But the red is a red of a surface
Beneath which a God's blood flows;
And the white is the white of a sunlight
Within which a God's flesh glows.
"Feast Of The Sacred Heart" by Abram Joseph Ryan Author object (8)
Sudden as winds that madd'ning sweep
The foaming surface of the deep,
Vast treasures, trusted to the wave,
Were buried in the billowy grave!
Our Merchant, late of boundless store,
Saw Famine hasting to his door.
"Beauty And The Beast" by Charles Lamb Author object (102)
In truth, since then how many men
Have learned that the mighty deep
Can heave and swell to a seething hell,
When storms its surface sweep!
For its calm hath fled, and countless dead
Are the spoils it loves to heap.
"A Story Of The Sea" by John Lawson Stoddard
"Turn yon robe," spake Magdalen, * "of torn bright song, and see and
feel."
They turned the raiment, saw and felt * what their turning did
reveal -
All the inner surface piled * with bloodied hairs, like hairs of
steel.
"A Judgment In Heaven" by Francis Thompson Author object (215)