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surficial is an adjective meaning "pertaining to or occurring on or near the earth's surface". It carries one recorded sense.
pertaining to or occurring on or near the earth's surface
“a surficial geologic deposit”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for surficial come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.
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