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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Build connections and relationships and increase your surface area for enquiries and luck.
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Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
With a fairly small amount of surface area, the drink keeps its carbonation longer than wide-mouthed glasses.
—Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 June 2025
But the black hole has entropy too, and the amount depends on the black hole’s surface area.
—Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 27 May 2025
On our campus, some buildings with a great deal of glass surface area kill surprisingly few birds, while other small sets of windows are disproportionately deadly.
—Jason Hoeksema, The Conversation, 21 May 2025
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Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
With a fairly small amount of surface area, the drink keeps its carbonation longer than wide-mouthed glasses.
—Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 June 2025
But the black hole has entropy too, and the amount depends on the black hole’s surface area.
—Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 27 May 2025
On our campus, some buildings with a great deal of glass surface area kill surprisingly few birds, while other small sets of windows are disproportionately deadly.
—Jason Hoeksema, The Conversation, 21 May 2025
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 26 Jun. 2025.
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