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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If that question isn’t answered deliberately, the vendor with the most surface area in your stack answers it for you.
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Alessio Alionco, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
However, those thermal radiators would require a large amount of surface area, and that would be in addition to the area required by the solar panels.
—Sven Bilén, The Conversation, 16 June 2026
These custom feet spread the robot’s weight across a larger surface area, helping prevent it from sinking into soft snow.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 13 June 2026
To prevent a chip from overheating in space, a large, costly surface area is required to dissipate the energy and then radiate it.
—IEEE Spectrum, 11 June 2026
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Alessio Alionco, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
However, those thermal radiators would require a large amount of surface area, and that would be in addition to the area required by the solar panels.
—Sven Bilén, The Conversation, 16 June 2026
These custom feet spread the robot’s weight across a larger surface area, helping prevent it from sinking into soft snow.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 13 June 2026
To prevent a chip from overheating in space, a large, costly surface area is required to dissipate the energy and then radiate it.
—IEEE Spectrum, 11 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for surface area
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“Surface area.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/surface%20area. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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