Surface Area

Definition: Surface Area

Surface Area

Noun

1. The extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary; "the area of a rectangle"; "it was about 500 square feet in area".

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Synonyms: Surface Area

Crosswords: Surface Area

References

• The World Market for Whole Bovine Skin Leather with a Surface Area Not Exceeding 28 Sq. Ft.: A 2004 Global Trade Perspective (reference)

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Books

• Application of Chemical Vapour Deposition in Catalyst Design: Development of High Surface Area Silicon Carbide As Catalyst Support (reference)

• Introduction to Powder Surface Area (reference)

• Surface Area (reference)

• Surface area determination: proceedings of the International Symposium on Surface Area Determination held at the School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, U.K., 16-18 July, 1969 [organized by] International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry in conjunc (reference)

• The Growth of the Surface Area of the Human Body.: (University of Minnesota. The Institute of Child Welfare. Monograph Series) (reference)

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Figure 49. An Ekman bottom sampler for use in zoological sampling operations. This instrument was capable of acquiring a sample from a surface area covering 500 sq cm. This device was designed by Dr. Sven Ekman of Jonkoping, Sweden in 1910. This sampler was spring-loaded and snapped shut to acquire mud and silt. Although tested in a lake, it was equally useful in the sea. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

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Health

The folds in the brain add to its surface area and therefore increase the amount of gray matter and the quantity of information that can be processed. (references)

However, in COPD the decrease is the result of the destruction of alveolar walls which leads to a significant decrease in surface area for diffusion of oxygen into the blood. (references)

Business

In 1998 the Port of Tarragona inaugurated a new vehicle terminal (with 35 hectares of wharves and 38 hectares of adjacent logistical surface area that include 440 meters of berths, 2 roll on/roll off ramps and road and rail access). (references)

Economic History

Tunisia

TUNISIA, A MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY IN NORTH AFRICA WITH A POPULATION OF 9.7 MILLION AND A SURFACE AREA SLIGHTLY LARGER THAN THE STATE OF GEORGIA, PRESENTS A CHALLENGING COMMERCIAL ENVIRONMENT THAT OFFERS MIXED POTENTIAL FOR AMERICAN BUSINESS. (references)

Vietnam

According to a recent release of the Ho Chi Minh City statistics office, the city and three surrounding provinces of Binh Duong, Dong Nai, and Da Ria-Vung Tau, with only 3.8 percent of the country's surface area and 11.2 percent of the population accounted for 31 percent of the country's GDP in 1999. Essentially, this incredible economic story is the result of large inflows of foreign investment to these provinces, which are now in many ways 'de facto' integrated into the world economy. (references)

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Expression using "surface area": total surface area. Additional references.

Chinese 

幅�"� (a country's surface area, extent of a country). (various references)

Czech

plocha povrchu. (various references)

Danish

samlet overfladeareal (total surface area), grundflade (basal area, base, base area, ground area), grundareal (base area, ground area), areal (area, realm, territory). (various references)

Dutch

totale oppervlakte (total surface area), oppervlakte (area, summit, surface, top), grondvlak (base, basis), grondoppervlak (base area, ground area). (various references)

Finnish

pinta-ala (area), kokonaispinta-ala (total surface area). (various references)

French

surface de base, superficie totale (total surface area), superficie (superficies, surface), aire de surface. (various references)

German

Oberflaeche (area), oberfläche (face, finish, surface, top), Inhalt der Oberflaeche (area), Grundfläche (footprint), Flaecheninhalt (area), Flaeche (area), Fläche (acreage, area, expanse, face, field, flat, plane, sheet, summit, surface, top). (various references)

Greek 

επιφάνεια βάσης (base area, ground area). (various references)

Hungarian

felület felszíni területe. (various references)

Italian

superficie totale (total surface area), superficie di base (base area, ground area), superficie (area, expanse, surface, top). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

表面積 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ひょうめ�"せき. (various references)

Pig Latin

urfacesay areaay

Portuguese

superfície (area, content, contents, face, kerf, space, summit, superficies, surface, top). (various references)

Spanish

superficie total (total surface area), superficie de planta (base area, ground area), superficie (area, deck, face, outside, summit, superficies, surface, top), área de planta (base area, ground area), área de la superficie. (various references)

Misspellings

"Surface Area" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: surfacea area. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: furcraeas, resurface.

-3 letters: caesurae, carfares, ecraseur, farceurs, furcraea, seafarer, surfacer.

-4 letters: caesura, carafes, careers, carfare, cesurae, creaser, curaras, curares, erasure, farcers, farceur, fearers, refaces, refuser, rescuer, securer, surface.

-5 letters: acarus, arecas, caesar, carafe, career, carers, causer, cereus, ceruse, cesura, crease, curara, curare, curers, curser, eraser, facers, faeces, farcer, farces, farers, fauces, fearer, fescue, feuars.