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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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.
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Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Aug. 2025
This design reduces the surface area of the blade being pushed on by the wind, minimizing stress on the structure while still capturing enough force to generate electricity.
—You Xiaoying, Scientific American, 7 Aug. 2025
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Bench sharpening stones are the largest and most stable, providing the greatest surface area for substantial blades.
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Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Aug. 2025
This design reduces the surface area of the blade being pushed on by the wind, minimizing stress on the structure while still capturing enough force to generate electricity.
—You Xiaoying, Scientific American, 7 Aug. 2025
Privacy-By-Design Architecture AI increases the surface area of your data and, with it, your risk exposure.
—Esteban Sancho, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Bench sharpening stones are the largest and most stable, providing the greatest surface area for substantial blades.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 18 July 2025
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“Surface area.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/surface%20area. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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