surfacing
noun
- the act of returning to the surface from beneath something (usually said of submersible vehicles)
Wiktionary
noun
- Material used to make a surface.
“asphalt road surfacings”
- The act of coming above the surface.
“The researchers measured the number of surfacings per minute by each dolphin.”
“I practice nightly, I try to keep ahead. / This art of surfacing is all but dead.”
verb
- present participle and gerund of surface