surface area
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of surface area
First recorded in 1820–30
Example Sentences
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Following the lake's formation in 1995, its surface area gradually shrank as cracks began to appear.
From Science Daily
Firefighters battled enormous blazes in León and the neighbouring Galicia region throughout much of August and during the summer 0.8 percent of the country's total surface area was burned.
From BBC
Previous studies largely examined glacier change by measuring total ice mass or surface area.
From Science Daily
It shows that the surface area of the final merged black hole is always at least as large as the combined areas of the two original black holes.
From Science Daily
Breaking an object into many tiny pieces preserves its total volume, but dramatically increases its surface area.
From Science Daily
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