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Definition of Subsurfaces
1. subsurface [n] - See also: subsurface
Lexicographical Neighbors of Subsurfaces
Literary usage of Subsurfaces
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Design and Construction of Ships by Sir John Harvard Biles (1908)
"Therefore the distances of the paths of the tracing circles of the wave surface
and subsurfaces above their still-water positions are . ..."
2. A Manual of Naval Architecture for Use of Officers of the Royal Navy by William Henry White (1900)
"All the trochoidal subsurfaces have the same length as the cycloidal ... The crests
and hollows of all the subsurfaces are vertically below the crest and ..."
3. Strength of Ships by Athole James Murray (1916)
"subsurfaces.—Water particles, which in still water would lie on a horizontal ...
G 11 where subsurfaces are indicated, these latter become the boundaries of ..."
4. A Manual of Naval Architecture: For the Use of Officers of the Royal Navy by William Henry White (1882)
"All the trochoidal subsurfaces have the same length as the cycloidal ... The crests
and hollows of all the subsurfaces are vertically below the crest and ..."
5. Transactions of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects by Royal Institution of Naval Architects (1863)
"In every case the top wave surface and the subsurfaces of equal pressure are,
and must be, ... The direction of the top surface or of the subsurfaces, ..."
6. Naval Construction by Richard Hallett Meredith Robinson, United States Naval Academy (1914)
"The crests and hollows of all the subsurfaces are vertically below the crest ...
The heights of these subsurfaces diminish in a geometrical progression as ..."
7. The Sailor's Handy Book and Yachtsman's Manual Adapted for the Use of the by Edward Francis Qualtrough (1881)
"The crests and hollows of all the subsurfaces are vertically below the crest and
... The heights of these subsurfaces diminish in a geometrical progression ..."
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