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Princeton's WordNet

  1. subsurfaceadjective

    beneath the surface

    "subsurface materials of the moon"

Wiktionary

  1. subsurfacenoun

    Something that is below the layer that is on the surface.

    Before we could lay the flooring we had to lay a subsurface under it to keep it flat and supoort it.

  2. subsurfacenoun

    A surface which is a submanifold of another surface.

  3. subsurfaceadjective

    below the surface

    variations in subsurface conditions

Wikipedia

  1. subsurface

    In geology, bedrock is solid rock that lies under loose material (regolith) within the crust of Earth or another terrestrial planet.

ChatGPT

  1. subsurface

    Subsurface refers to anything located or occurring beneath Earth's surface, including soils, sediments, rocks, groundwater, natural gas reserves, and other underground features or elements. Subsurface study and exploration are crucial in various fields such as geology, archaeology, mining, and petroleum engineering.

Wikidata

  1. Subsurface

    Subsurface is the seventh studio album by British progressive metal band Threshold. The album was released in August 2004, and received an Album of the Month award in several European music magazines. Songs on the album resume themes from earlier albums, including environmentalism and war, but also incorporating political themes.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Subsurface

    sub′sur-fās, adj. below the surface.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of subsurface in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of subsurface in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of subsurface in a Sentence

  1. Carl Schuster:

    They are the one stealth platform with the striking power and survivability to counter the PLA Navy’s surface and subsurface forces.

  2. Edward Guinan:

    Geothermal heating could support' life zones' under its surface, akin to subsurface lakes found in Antarctica, we note that the surface temperature on Jupiter's icy moon Europa is similar to Edward Emerson Barnard b, but because of tidal heating, Europa probably has liquid oceans under its icy surface.

  3. Dawn Sumner:

    I find it a very interesting and exciting study because the hydrology of the Dry Valleys has a complicated history and there's been very little data abut what's happening in the subsurface.

  4. Hossein Dehghan:

    What makes Valfajr torpedo stand apart from other similar products in the world is the short preparation time in the supporting and firing units; a characteristic which leads to a remarkable increase in tactical capability and a quick response from surface and subsurface combat units.

  5. Walter Kiefer:

    This was very localized in the regions where the astronauts worked extensively, in these areas, the astronaut bootprints darkened the lunar regolith [ or soil ] slightly, causing the regolith to absorb more sunlight and heat up. This was a region 50 to 100 meters across in the experiment deployment zone and of similar or smaller sizes at the sample collection stops. Outside of these zones, the astronauts had little or no effect on the subsurface temperatures.

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