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单词 surfaceless
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surfacelessadj.

Brit. /ˈsəːfᵻslᵻs/, U.S. /ˈsərfəslᵻs/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: surface n., -less suffix.
Etymology: < surface n. + -less suffix.
Having no surface or surface covering. Also figurative.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surface > [adjective] > having no surface
surfaceless1869
1869 R. F. Burton Explor. Highlands Brazil II. 444 The..gorge..is filled with..a whirling and churning surfaceless mass.
1895 Methodist Mag. Dec. 448/1 Eternity is a limitless, surfaceless ocean extending not only laterally, but vertically and nadirly.
1959 Hartford (Connecticut) Courant 21 Aug. 15/1 Residents of Burnham Street..fought for three years to have the surfaceless highway fronting their homes reconstructed.
1986 N.Y. Times 2 Feb. vii. 29/3 [He] successfully imitates Mr. Vargas Llosa's ‘surfaceless’ journalistic style, but never quite relaxes into it.
2005 J. N. Lalena & D. A. Cleary Princ. Inorg. Materials Design iii. 121 Essentially, the crystal is taken to be surfaceless.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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