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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This process lifts stains without increasing their surface area, which can be an issue when scrubbing by hand with a cloth or brush.
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Maggie Horton, PEOPLE, 12 Sep. 2025
Hawking’s surface area theorem The second prediction confirmed by GW250114 is one made in 1971 by British physicist Stephen Hawking, which states that when two black holes merge, the resulting surface area must be equal to or greater than that of the original black holes.
—Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2025
Officials confirmed that in August, the lake's water level was just under 1,270 meters, its surface area had shrunk to 581 square kilometers, and its volume had plunged to half a billion cubic meters, down from 2 billion cubic meters in 2024, underscoring the speed of the decline.
—Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
The scale of untracked usage creates a large surface area for risk.
—Mark Doble, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
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Maggie Horton, PEOPLE, 12 Sep. 2025
Hawking’s surface area theorem The second prediction confirmed by GW250114 is one made in 1971 by British physicist Stephen Hawking, which states that when two black holes merge, the resulting surface area must be equal to or greater than that of the original black holes.
—Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2025
Officials confirmed that in August, the lake's water level was just under 1,270 meters, its surface area had shrunk to 581 square kilometers, and its volume had plunged to half a billion cubic meters, down from 2 billion cubic meters in 2024, underscoring the speed of the decline.
—Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
The scale of untracked usage creates a large surface area for risk.
—Mark Doble, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
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“Surface area.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/surface%20area. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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