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.

Examples of surface area in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

For instance, the visual cortices of congenitally blind people who had their sight restored are thicker and have a lower surface area than those of sighted people. —Sachin Rawat, Big Think, 2 Mar. 2026

Equal parts laid-back and elegant, this lamp is best when placed between a pair of accent chairs as the table wraps all the way around, giving every angle equal access to its surface area. —Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 27 Feb. 2026

Its disk shows more illuminated surface area than all the other planets combined. —Joe Rao, Space.com, 25 Feb. 2026

These materials are engineered at the molecular level to have a huge surface area; just a few grams of the substance can cover the interior area of a football arena. —Munis Raza, Interesting Engineering, 23 Feb. 2026

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