surface area
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of surface area
First recorded in 1820–30
Example Sentences
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It said the total area corresponded to "only 0.18 percent of Turkey's surface area", denouncing efforts to "tarnish the mining sector".
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
Since 1990, the surface area affected by these extreme events has been expanding by about 2.8 million km2 per decade.
From Science Daily • May 4, 2026
Children also have higher respiratory rates than adults, as well as larger lung surface area relative to their body size, resulting in higher doses of pollution per breath.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
Small meatballs cook faster, yes, but more importantly, they offer more browning surface area.
From Salon • Mar. 23, 2026
There are many valleys in the mountains of the mind, convolutions that greatly increase the surface area available in the cerebral cortex for information storage in a skull of limited size.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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