We thought Enceladus was just boring and cold until the Cassini mission discovered a liquid water subsurface ocean.
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Subsurface
Synonyms for "subsurface" (6 found)
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13 entriesTranslations
6 translations across 6 languages.
French
1 entries- subsurface noun (something that is below the layer that is on the surface)
Hungarian
1 entries- felszín alatti adj (below the surface)
Polish
1 entries- podpowierzchniowy adj (below the surface)
Russian
1 entries- подпове́рхностный adj (below the surface)
Tagalog
1 entries- kubdayag noun (a surface which is a submanifold of another surface)
Ukrainian
1 entries- підповерхне́вий adj (below the surface)
Sample sentences
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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.
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Europa is thought to have subsurface liquid water.
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Overcoming severe radiation damage, the redoubtable orbiter has deployed a probe into Jupiter's atmosphere; studied the hottest volcanoes in the Solar System on Jupiter's moon Io; discovered evidence of subsurface oceans on the moons Europa and Ganymede; and provided new insights into the giant planet's stormy atmosphere, gigantic magnetosphere and energetic particle environment.
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