superficial
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: anatomy
architecture
medicine
sciences
Etymology: Borrowing from Late Latin superficiālis (“of or belonging to the surface”), from superficiēs (“top, surface”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).
Base: superficiēs
Affixes: -ālis
Inflected forms:
form: more superficial
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most superficial
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: superficials
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Existing, occurring, or located on the surface.
pos: adj
tags: relational
gloss: Existing, occurring, or located on the surface.
pos: adj
tags: often
relational
examples: superficial muscles
The epidermis is superficial to the subcutis.
The superficial fascia surrounds the body and includes subcutaneous fat; the deep fascia surrounds the musculoskeletal system; the meningeal fascia surrounds the nervous system; the visceral fascia surrounds body cavities and organs.
gloss: Appearing to be true or real only until examined more closely.
pos: adj
gloss: Not thorough, deep, or complete; concerned only with the obvious or apparent.
pos: adj
examples: Secondly, I continue to base my concepts on intensive study of a limited suite of collections, rather than superficial study of every packet that comes to hand.
gloss: Not thorough, deep, or complete; concerned only with the obvious or apparent.
pos: adj
examples: These infamous little green men appeared during the decisive seizures or buildings and facilities, only to disappear when associated militias and local troops arrived to consolidate the gains. In this way they provided a measure of deniability—however superficial or implausible—for Moscow.⁴⁰
gloss: Two-dimensional; drawn on a flat surface.
pos: adj
tags: rare
gloss: Denoting a quantity of a material expressed in terms of area covered rather than linear dimension or volume.
pos: adj
tags: UK
examples: one superficial foot
gloss: A surface detail.
pos: noun
tags: plural-normally
examples: He always concentrates on the superficials and fails to see the real issue.
Related words: superficiary
topical
Derived words: nonsuperficial
subsuperficial
superficial fascia
superficialism
superficialist
superficiality
superficialize
superficialise
superficially
superficialness
superficial temporal artery
superficial vein
unsuperficial
Translations:
lang: Arabic
word: سَطْحِيّ
roman: saṭḥiyy
lang: Bulgarian
word: повърхностен
roman: povǎrhnosten
lang: Catalan
word: superficial
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 表面的
roman: biǎomiàn de
lang: Finnish
word: pinnallinen
lang: Finnish
word: pinta-
lang: Georgian
word: ზედაპირული
roman: zedaṗiruli
lang: German
word: oberflächlich
lang: Greek
word: επιφανειακός
roman: epifaneiakós
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ἐπιπόλαιος
roman: epipólaios
lang: Hebrew
word: שִׁטְחִי
roman: shitkhí
lang: Hindi
word: सतही
roman: sathī
lang: Hungarian
word: felszíni
lang: Hungarian
word: felületi
lang: Italian
word: superficiale
lang: Latin
word: superficiālis
lang: Lithuanian
word: paviršinis
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: overfladisk
lang: Polish
word: powierzchniowy
lang: Portuguese
word: superficial
lang: Russian
word: пове́рхностный
roman: povérxnostnyj
lang: Spanish
word: superficial
lang: Turkish
word: yüzeysel
lang: Ukrainian
word: поверхне́вий
roman: poverxnévyj
lang: Yiddish
word: אויבנאויפֿיק
roman: oybnoyfik
lang: Zazaki
word: sereyran
lang: Finnish
word: pintapuolinen
lang: Finnish
word: pinnallinen
lang: Greek
word: επιφανειακός
roman: epifaneiakós
lang: Lithuanian
word: paviršutiniškas
lang: Lithuanian
word: preliminarus