outer surface of an area or a body | the outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary |
the purely external aspect of a thing; superficial appearance | a device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air; can lift or control a plane in flight |
| a superficial aspect as opposed to the real nature of something |
| information that has become public |
| the extended two-dimensional outer boundary of a three-dimensional object |
| the outermost level of the land or sea |