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Surficial

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Of, relating to, or occurring on or near the surface of the earth.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. Of or pertaining to the surface of something.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Of or pertaining to a surface; superficial; in geology, relating to the phenomena of the land-surface, especially to the unconsolidated materials (drift, rock-waste) of the land-surface.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. pertaining to or occurring on or near the earth's surface

Word Usage

"Robert won by correctly spelling "surficial," defined as "of or relating to the boundary or portion of the boundary of a three-dimensional region and especially that of the earth.""

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