The word surface has a common use in our language and we find several references for it, for example, in geographic matter, a surface will be the extension that presents a determined territory and therefore will be the area that occupies the same. “The flood has covered the entire surface of the province of Chaco, in Argentina with water.”
Geography: extension of a territory
The surface takes into consideration the longitude and latitude to determine the area that the territory in question occupies.
At the request of the International System of Measurements, the units used to account for the measurements of an area are the square kilometer and the square meter.
It should be noted that the unit par excellence and from which a surface is measured is the square meter, which is equivalent to the surface area of a square that measures one meter on a side.
Another unit that is also widely used in this regard is the square kilometer.
The surface of the countries that make up our planet is expressed precisely in square kilometers.
For example, Italy has an area of 301,338 square kilometers.
Meanwhile, the surfaces of houses, apartments, land, are expressed in square meters. "My uncle sells a 200 square meter apartment in the center of the city.”
To determine the values of the properties, what is done is to multiply the value presented by the square meter in the corresponding area or neighborhood by the number of meters presented by the house or apartment in question.
Also, in physics, we find a reference for the word since here it also indicates the extension that presents something considering two dimensions: its width and its length.
Exterior part of a body or object
On the other hand, we call surface outer part of any body, an object that serves as a limit with the outside or with something in particular.
For the math the surface will be that extension of which only the extension and width are taken into account.
In this way we are facing a two-dimensional space.
Appearance of a topic, a thing, or a person
In colloquial language, likewise, it is usual that this word is used to indicate the aspect that presents a question, a person, that is, their appearance. “I only know Laura on the surface, I could not tell you how she will react to this situation.”
The aforementioned sense is usually used for various purposes, one of them is when we want to express that some question or topic has been addressed in a given context or space in a brief way, that is, without any type of depth, detail, exhaustiveness or precision, rather, it has been done very quickly, instantaneously and from above, without paying attention to deep issues, far from it.
This shallow treatment usually occurs when there is no specific interest in a topic or also when there is no time to dwell on the details of something.
We cannot ignore that when this happens negative consequences can occur, since addressing a crucial issue superficially and without giving it due treatment in depth can cause hasty decisions to be made that complicate and further aggravate a problem that is being solved.
For example, it is recommended that whenever sensitive issues have to be addressed, it is necessary to be exhaustive in this analysis.
On the other hand, when this meaning is used applied to people or things, it allows us to realize that we do not know much about them, that we have not had the opportunity or time to know them in depth, a fact that of course will not allow us to have an opinion finished and representative of them.
When we say that we know this or that on the surface, we mean that we only know about them issues that are seen with the naked eye, with the observation that can be given in a first and quick glance, but of course, that appreciation will not allow us to do anything. way to know what that person really is like.
We can only get to know someone well when we treat them many times and have talks in which deep questions are addressed and not trivialities.
Large area: large commercial establishment
And for its part the concept of large surface is used to refer to a commercial type establishment that has a significant size and is characterized by offering the public outstanding offers.
