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surfacial

surfacial is the alternative spelling of surficial.

Meaning of surficial

Adjective

surficial (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to the surface of something, particularly the surface of the Earth.
    • When the soil swells on wetting, the former surficial material is mixed with the subsoil.
    Synonyms:
    superficial

Questions about surfacial

What is surfacial the alternative spelling of?
Surfacial is the alternative spelling of surficial.

Words near surfacial in the dictionary

  1. surfacers
  2. surfaces
  3. surfaces of revolution
  4. surfaceward
  5. surfacewards
  6. surfacial
  7. surfacic
  8. surfacing
  9. surfacings
  10. surfacism
  11. surfactant

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Adapted from Wiktionary: surfacial (page history and authors); surficial (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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