surface science
noun
1A science concerned with the surface of something; specifically the branch of physical science that deals with the properties of the surface of a solid, or the interface between any two phases, and the phenomena occurring there.
2Science concerned only with superficial matters, science that lacks depth.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Dublin University Magazine.
- talk the hind leg off a donkey
- talk the talk
- talk through one's hat (or arse or backside or ass)
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- talk to
- talk to the hand
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- Tallapoosa River
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- Talleyrand, Charles de
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- Tallis, Thomas
- tallith
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