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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The other thing is that, rather than increasing with surface area, lift tends to drop because the sheets are more likely to equilibrate to the prevailing temperatures.
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Andrew Cunningham, ArsTechnica, 14 Aug. 2025
Satellite images captured by the European Space Agency's Sentinel-2 satellites, part of its Copernicus earth observation program, showed a stark reduction in surface area between August 2020 and August 2025, highlighting the speed and severity of the decline.
—Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Aug. 2025
Other than going in a bit heavier and covering more surface area faster, the formula seemed pretty similar and also lasted all through a hot, humid, sweaty Florida day.
—Terri Peters, Parents, 13 Aug. 2025
Siargao and Davao, both on the southern Mindanao Island, are respectively popular destinations for surfing and Mount Apo, the country’s highest peak and habitat to the endangered Philippine Eagle, the world’s biggest eagle by length and wing surface area.
—Ian Sayson, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
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Andrew Cunningham, ArsTechnica, 14 Aug. 2025
Satellite images captured by the European Space Agency's Sentinel-2 satellites, part of its Copernicus earth observation program, showed a stark reduction in surface area between August 2020 and August 2025, highlighting the speed and severity of the decline.
—Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Aug. 2025
Other than going in a bit heavier and covering more surface area faster, the formula seemed pretty similar and also lasted all through a hot, humid, sweaty Florida day.
—Terri Peters, Parents, 13 Aug. 2025
Siargao and Davao, both on the southern Mindanao Island, are respectively popular destinations for surfing and Mount Apo, the country’s highest peak and habitat to the endangered Philippine Eagle, the world’s biggest eagle by length and wing surface area.
—Ian Sayson, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
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“Surface area.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/surface%20area. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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