surface area
noun
: the amount of area covered by the surface of something
The lake has roughly the same surface area as 10 football fields.
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Three structural shifts Subscribers mean less than surface area.
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Jason Davis, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Texturing with pyramid shapes increases the surface area of silicon, capturing more sunlight.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2025
The camera also saves images with 16-bit color, which, along with its big surface area, makes for smoother gradation between tones than even a full-frame chip can muster.
—PC Magazine, 4 Sep. 2025
Data from the commission, which manages natural resources in northern Wisconsin, suggests surface area coverage of wild rice is 18% less than last year’s crop.
—Frank Vaisvilas, jsonline.com, 2 Sep. 2025
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Jason Davis, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Texturing with pyramid shapes increases the surface area of silicon, capturing more sunlight.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2025
The camera also saves images with 16-bit color, which, along with its big surface area, makes for smoother gradation between tones than even a full-frame chip can muster.
—PC Magazine, 4 Sep. 2025
Data from the commission, which manages natural resources in northern Wisconsin, suggests surface area coverage of wild rice is 18% less than last year’s crop.
—Frank Vaisvilas, jsonline.com, 2 Sep. 2025
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“Surface area.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/surface%20area. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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