adj
Meaning 1
Below the surface.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- variations in subsurface conditions
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
subsurface
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noun
Meaning 2
Something that is below the layer that is on the surface.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Before we could lay the flooring we had to lay a subsurface under it to keep it flat and support it.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A surface which is a submanifold of another surface.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Topics: mathematics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 4
beneath the surface
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- subsurface materials of the moon
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: surface, overhead
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- Middle French surfacebor. English surface English subsurface From sub- + surface.
Across languages
Translations
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Hungarian: felszín alatti — below the surface
- Polish: podpowierzchniowy — below the surface
- Russian: подпове́рхностный (podpovérxnostnyj) — below the surface
- Ukrainian: підповерхне́вий (pidpoverxnévyj) — below the surface
- French: subsurface — something that is below the layer that is on the surface
- Tagalog: kubdayag — a surface which is a submanifold of another surface
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