surface area
noun
the total space occupied by all surfaces or faces of an object.
surface areas
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pluralof surface area.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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"Equal Earth preserves the relative surface areas of continents and, as much as possible, shows their shapes as they appear on a globe," one of the cartographers, Bojan Savric, told AFP in 2025.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
“Adding that to big surface areas of the body really helps cool you down,” Eisenman says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
Focus groups with voters could help shape the polling questions, which would be intended to surface areas of hidden consensus, as well as to identify points of genuine conflict.
From Salon ● Dec. 22, 2024
"These structural steel modules can be transported on standard-sized flatbed trailers to allow rapid modular construction of 10- to 40-foot-high buttress dams that can enclose a wide range of surface areas and water volumes."
From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2023
For heavy discharge currents, such as starting motor currents, it is essential that there be large surface areas.
From The Automobile Storage Battery Its Care And Repair by Otto A. Witte
