What part of speech is subsurface?

Subsurface can be categorized as a noun and an adjective.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. subsurface is a noun, singular of subsurfaces.
  • 2. subsurface is an adjective.

Inflections

Noun

Adjective

  • Positive
    Comparative
    Superlative
  • more subsurface
    most subsurface
  • Positive: subsurface 
  • Comparative: more subsurface
  • Superlative: most subsurface

What does subsurface mean?

Definitions

Adjective

subsurface - beneath the surface; "subsurface materials of the moon"

Noun

subsurface - Something that is below the layer that is on the surface.
subsurface - A surface which is a submanifold of another surface.

Examples of subsurface

#   Sentence  
1. adj. Subsurface materials of the moon.
2. adj. The mysterious bright spots on Ceres, which have captivated both the Dawn science team and the public, reveal evidence of Ceres’ past subsurface ocean, and indicate that, far from being a dead world, Ceres is surprisingly active.
3. adj. Europa is thought to have subsurface liquid water.
4. noun We thought Enceladus was just boring and cold until the Cassini mission discovered a liquid water subsurface ocean.
Sentence  
adj.
Subsurface materials of the moon.
The mysterious bright spots on Ceres, which have captivated both the Dawn science team and the public, reveal evidence of Ceres’ past subsurface ocean, and indicate that, far from being a dead world, Ceres is surprisingly active.
Europa is thought to have subsurface liquid water.
noun
We thought Enceladus was just boring and cold until the Cassini mission discovered a liquid water subsurface ocean.

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