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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Depending on how they’re structured, some have so much internal surface area that a single gram could cover a football field.
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Bohong Zhang, The Conversation, 10 Oct. 2025
Other applications could include high-surface area metals with advanced cooling properties for energy technologies.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2025
The design fans out for more storage and surface area, preventing any precarious piles.
—Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 8 Oct. 2025
If your files are disorganized, your workflows are ad-hoc, or your code is messy, the AI tools have a very small and chaotic surface area to work with.
—Marco Argenti, Time, 2 Oct. 2025
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Bohong Zhang, The Conversation, 10 Oct. 2025
Other applications could include high-surface area metals with advanced cooling properties for energy technologies.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2025
The design fans out for more storage and surface area, preventing any precarious piles.
—Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 8 Oct. 2025
If your files are disorganized, your workflows are ad-hoc, or your code is messy, the AI tools have a very small and chaotic surface area to work with.
—Marco Argenti, Time, 2 Oct. 2025
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“Surface area.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/surface%20area. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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