surface area
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3.9
- noun
- /ˈsɜrfɪs ˈɛriə/
- Specialized
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área superficial
- The surface area of the cube can be calculated by adding the areas of all six faces.
- body surface area
- total surface area
- large surface area
And guess what guys, more surface area equals more cooling.
- And guess what guys, more surface area equals more cooling.
- How fast is the surface area changing?
- So the lining of our gut is actually the same surface area as a tennis court in there.
- Our second law of friction was that friction is independent of surface area, of contact area.
- When we're talking about surface area and we have slants, we want to use the slant heights.
- So I wish that yeah, the surface area was was basically better.
- Australia has a bigger has a bigger surface area than the moon.
Examples
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So the lining of our gut is actually the same surface area as a tennis court in there.
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Now that is a lot more surface area than the back of the phone.
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So you keep increasing the surface area the more you break this down.
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Place a fan on or next to a table with a large surface area.
Academic text (2012) -
Less surface area, less drag.
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Notice also that a sphere has the minimum amount of surface area in terms of volume.
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And guess what guys, more surface area equals more cooling.
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And the way it can spread concealer over a larger surface area is really fantastic.
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The sea has lost about one-half of its surface area and 70 percent of its volume.
Academic text (1996) -
Also, the advanced cell increases the electrode's surface area, which in turn increases the fuel cell's power output.
Academic text (1994)
Synonyms
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1.0
The amount of flat space inside a shape measured in square units
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3.9
The space an object takes up on a surface
How Large
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the total area of the outside surface' is directly and compositionally derived from 'surface' (outer layer) + 'area' (amount of surface within boundaries); the phrase names exactly the area of the object's surface. This noun–noun compound follows a transparent, cross‑linguistic compositional pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand it.
Etymology
The phrase surface area comes from a simple picture: surface is the 'outside' of a thing and area means how much space it takes. Imagine wrapping a box or painting a wall — the surface area is how much outside you must cover, so the phrase means the total outside area of an object.