superficial

adj

/ˌsuː.pəˈfɪʃ.əl/UK/ˌsu.pɚˈfɪʃ.əl/CA/ˌsʉː.pəˈfɪʃ.əl/

Etymology

Borrowing from Late Latin superficiālis (“of or belonging to the surface”), from superficiēs (“top, surface”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).

borrowed from superficiālis

Definitions

Existing, occurring, or located on the surface.
Appearing to be true or real only until examined more closely.
3
Not thorough, deep, or complete
Not thorough, deep, or complete; concerned only with the obvious or apparent.
- 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.
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1. Two-dimensional
  Two-dimensional; drawn on a flat surface.
2. 5
  Denoting a quantity of a material expressed in terms of area covered rather than linear…
  Denoting a quantity of a material expressed in terms of area covered rather than linear dimension or volume.
  - one superficial foot
3. 6
  A surface detail.
  - He always concentrates on the superficials and fails to see the real issue.

The neighborhood

neighborsuperficiary
neighbortopical

Derived

nonsuperficial, subsuperficial, superficial fascia, superficialism, superficialist, superficiality, superficialize, superficialise, superficially, superficialness, superficial temporal artery, superficial vein, unsuperficial

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at superficial. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

A definitional loop anchored at superficial. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at superficial

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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