Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of, relating to, or situated in an area beneath a surface, especially the surface of the earth or of a body of water.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Being or occurring below the surface.
- noun A three-dimensional continuum in a space of five dimensions.
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- noun Something that is
below thelayer that is on thesurface . - noun countable, mathematics A
surface which is asubmanifold of another surface. - adjective below the surface
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- adjective beneath the surface
Etymologies
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Examples
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I can see how a trip to Mars could stimulate us to push spaceflight tech but having spent a tremendous amount of dough getting to Mars and having established that there was and possibly is water on Mars and maybe even microorganisms in subsurface seas, what then?
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Among their early findings: a surprising amount of water moves rapidly through fractures in subsurface bedrock during high-intensity storms, playing a greater role in raising pore pressure than had been thought and creating "hot spots" that can fail.
The Liquid Earth 1999
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Among their early findings: a surprising amount of water moves rapidly through fractures in subsurface bedrock during high-intensity storms, playing a greater role in raising pore pressure than had been thought and creating "hot spots" that can fail.
The Liquid Earth 1999
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The cold, lightless and energy-poor conditions under the seafloor provide a promising research analog for the harsh conditions in subsurface Martian soil or near hydrothermal vents on Europa, Jupiter’s second moon.
Barely Alive, Seafloor Microbes Might Resemble Exo-Organisms « Isegoria 2008
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This is called subsurface return flow or interflow.
Surface runoff 2009
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Water that infiltrates the soil is called subsurface water, but not all of it becomes groundwater for the following reasons:
Chapter 10 1985
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Of greater concern is that the oil can flow out into the surrounding rocks the way the mud did during the failed Top Kill procedure, forming what is called a subsurface blowout.
WHAT REALLY HAPPENED 2010
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Of greater concern is that the oil can flow out into the surrounding rocks the way the mud did during the failed Top Kill procedure, forming what is called a subsurface blowout.
WHAT REALLY HAPPENED 2010
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Dental fluorosis has been described as a subsurface enamel hypomineralization, with porosity of the tooth positively correlated with the degree of fluorosis. 22 It is characterized by diffuse opacities and under-mineralized enamel.
Signs of the Times 2010
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Geothermal power utilizes the near constant temperature of the earth's subsurface, which is about 54 degrees, instead of using boilers to heat large volumes of very cold water by burning fossil fuels.
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