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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The new towels have 750 GSM and a special weaving technology, creating more surface area and greater fluff.
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Lauren Thomann, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Mar. 2025
The key to a successful sorbent (or molecule-collecting) material is high surface area, researchers reported.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 27 Feb. 2025
Again, study participants with higher body mass and more body surface area lost more fluids.
—Amber J. Tresca, Verywell Health, 19 Feb. 2025
In the case of cellulose bags, those may have greater surface area, and thus more binding sites, than the synthetic materials.
—Kristen Rogers, CNN, 26 Feb. 2025
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Lauren Thomann, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Mar. 2025
The key to a successful sorbent (or molecule-collecting) material is high surface area, researchers reported.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 27 Feb. 2025
Again, study participants with higher body mass and more body surface area lost more fluids.
—Amber J. Tresca, Verywell Health, 19 Feb. 2025
In the case of cellulose bags, those may have greater surface area, and thus more binding sites, than the synthetic materials.
—Kristen Rogers, CNN, 26 Feb. 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 25 Mar. 2025.
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