
Also known as object's surface, surface of object, surface
thumb|right|The surface of an apple has various perceptible characteristics, such as curvature, smoothness, texture, color, and shininess; observing these characteristics by sight or touch allows the object to be identified. thumb|right|Water droplet lying on a [[damask. Surface tension is high enough to prevent it passing through the textile.]] thumb|right|The Sun, like all stars, appears from a distance to have a distinct surface, but on closer approach has no set surface. A surface, as the term is most generally used, is the outermost or uppermost layer of a physical object. It is the porti
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- different from
- surface
- has characteristic
- surface finish
- studied by
- surface science
- Commons category
- Surface
- physically interacts with
- environment
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- manifestation of
- surface
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