Definition of Surface condenser. Meaning of Surface condenser. Synonyms of Surface condenser
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Definition of Surface condenser
Surface condenser Surface Sur"face`, n. [F. See Sur-, and Face, and cf.
Superficial.]
1. The exterior part of anything that has length and breadth;
one of the limits that bound a solid, esp. the upper face;
superficies; the outside; as, the surface of the earth;
the surface of a diamond; the surface of the body.
The bright surface of this ethereous mold. --Milton.
2. Hence, outward or external appearance.
Vain and weak understandings, which penetrate no
deeper than the surface. --V. Knox.
3. (Geom.) A magnitude that has length and breadth without
thickness; superficies; as, a plane surface; a spherical
surface.
4. (Fort.) That part of the side which is terminated by the
flank prolonged, and the angle of the nearest bastion.
--Stocqueler.
Caustic surface, Heating surface, etc. See under
Caustic, Heating, etc.
Surface condensation, Surface condenser. See under
Condensation, and Condenser.
Surface gauge (Mach.), an instrument consisting of a
standard having a flat base and carrying an adjustable
pointer, for gauging the evenness of a surface or its
height, or for marking a line parallel with a surface.
Surface grub (Zo["o]l.), the larva of the great yellow
underwing moth (Triph[oe]na pronuba). It is often
destructive to the roots of grasses and other plants.
Surface plate (Mach.), a plate having an accurately dressed
flat surface, used as a standard of flatness by which to
test other surfaces.
Surface printing, printing from a surface in relief, as
from type, in distinction from plate printing, in which
the ink is contained in engraved lines.
