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With wok cooking, you chop things up into little pieces for maximum surface area, so they can cook in minutes, if not seconds. Sauteing is energy efficient; baking is not.
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Meaning of "surface area" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SURFACE AREA

surface area  [ˈsɜːfɪs ˈɛərɪə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SURFACE AREA

noun
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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Surface area is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SURFACE AREA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Surface area

The surface area of a solid object is the total area of the object's faces and curved surfaces. The mathematical definition of surface area in the presence of curved surfaces is considerably more involved than the definition of arc length of one-dimensional curves, or of the surface area for polyhedra, for which the surface area is the sum of the areas of its faces. Smooth surfaces, such as a sphere, are assigned surface area using their representation as parametric surfaces. This definition of surface area is based on methods of infinitesimal calculus and involves partial derivatives and double integration. A general definition of surface area was sought by Henri Lebesgue and Hermann Minkowski at the turn of the twentieth century. Their work led to the development of geometric measure theory, which studies various notions of surface area for irregular objects of any dimension. An important example is the Minkowski content of a surface.

Definition of surface area in the English dictionary

The definition of surface area in the dictionary is the total area on the surface of a three-dimensional figure.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SURFACE AREA


aquaria
əˈkwɛərɪə
area
ˈɛərɪə
Bavaria
bəˈvɛərɪə
Bulgaria
bʌlˈɡɛərɪə
Carpentaria
ˌkɑːpənˈtɛərɪə
honoraria
ˌɒnəˈrɛərɪə
laquearia
ˌlækwɪˈɛərɪə
luminaria
ˌluːmɪˈnɛərɪə
malaria
məˈlɛərɪə
miliaria
ˌmɪlɪˈɛərɪə
militaria
ˌmɪlɪˈtɛərɪə
olearia
ˌɒlɪˈɛərɪə
planetaria
ˌplænɪˈtɛərɪə
rosaria
rəʊˈzɛərɪə
Samaria
səˈmɛərɪə
sanitaria
ˌsænɪˈtɛərɪə
saponaria
ˌsæpəˈnɛərɪə
univariate
ˌjuːnɪˈvɛərɪə
urticaria
ˌɜːtɪˈkɛərɪə
varia
ˈvɛərɪə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SURFACE AREA

surface
surface acoustic wave
surface condenser
surface friction drag
surface grammar
surface mail
surface noise
surface plate
surface structure
surface tension
surface water
surface worker
surface-active
surface-active agent
surface-to-air
surface-to-surface
surfaceless
surfaceman
surfacemen
surfacer

WORDS THAT END LIKE SURFACE AREA

catchment area
conservation area
development area
dining area
equal-area
floor area
grey area
mining area
no-go area
reception area
recreation area
restricted area
safe area
service area
six-yard area
smoking area
target area
technical area
urban area
white area
work area

Synonyms and antonyms of surface area in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «surface area» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SURFACE AREA

Find out the translation of surface area to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of surface area from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «surface area» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

面积
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

área de superficie
570 millions of speakers

English

surface area
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सतह क्षेत्र
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مساحة السطح
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

площадь поверхности
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

área de superfície
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ভূপৃষ্ঠের
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

surface
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

kawasan permukaan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Oberfläche
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

表面積
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

표면적
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Wilayah lumahing
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

diện tích bề mặt
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மேற்பரப்பு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पृष्ठभागाचे क्षेत्रफळ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yüzey alanı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

superficie
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Powierzchnia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Площа поверхні
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

suprafață
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

επιφάνεια
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

oppervlakte
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ytarea
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

flateareal
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of surface area

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SURFACE AREA»

The term «surface area» is very widely used and occupies the 21.175 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SURFACE AREA» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about surface area

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QUOTES WITH «SURFACE AREA»

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Jennifer Lee
With wok cooking, you chop things up into little pieces for maximum surface area, so they can cook in minutes, if not seconds. Sauteing is energy efficient; baking is not.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SURFACE AREA»

Discover the use of surface area in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to surface area and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Powder Surface Area and Porosity
An introduction to experimental methods used to study the surface area, porosity, density, and particle size of powders encountered in industry, for readers with little previous knowledge of solid surfaces but who, for example, just ...
Seymour Lowell, Joan E. Shields, 1991
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Adsorption, surface area, and porosity
The principal aim of the second edition of this book remains the same as that of the first edition: to give a critical exposition of the use of the adsorption methods for the assessment of the surface and pore size distribution of finely ...
Sidney John Gregg, K. S. W. Sing, 1991
3
Characterization of Porous Solids and Powders: Surface Area, ...
The growth of interest in newly developed porous materials has prompted the writing of this book for those who have the need to make meaningful measurements without the benefit of years of experience.
Seymour Lowell, 2004
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Surface Area and Porosity Determinations by Physisorption: ...
Surface Area and Porosity Determinations by Physisorption is a practical guide for industry or academics to the measurement of surface area and pore size using the tool of physical adsorption.
James B. Condon, 2006
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The Growth of the Surface Area of the Human Body
This work provides an extensive analysis of one of the major body measures, surface area. It is strictly experimental and descriptive; numerical and graphic methods are used to present major findings.
Edith Boyd, 1975
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Soil Physics
Id). From the large body of information provided by electron micrographs, it has been established that the majority of the clay minerals found in soils are platelike or disk shaped. 1.1.6 Surface Area of Soil Particles Relationship to Particle Size ...
William A. Jury, Robert Horton, 2004
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BSCS Biology
TABLE 5.2 Comparison of Agar Cubes Cube Dimension Surface Area (cm2) Volume (cm>) Surface Area: Volume (Simplest Form) 3 cm 2 cm 1 cm 3. Prepare a data table like Table 5.2 and do the calculations necessary to complete it.
‎2002
8
Wrappers Wanted: A Mathematical Adventure in Surface Area
Look no further! This unique tale takes the reader up to the North Pole and describes how Santa challenges his top elf, Snips Cleaver, to conserve paper because the North Pole is "going green.
Candice Yarbray Brucke, 2009
9
Soil Physics
1.9 Surface area of particles Within the clay fraction there are particles small enough to undergo erratic Brownian movement arising from bombardment by water molecules in thermal motion. For this order of size, settling procedures are  ...
T. J. Marshall, J. W. Holmes, C. W. Rose, 1996
10
Blood Vessels
He estimated the total 'capillary' surface area in an average man to be 6300 square metres. Intaglietta and Zweifach (1971) used an in-vivo technique to map the vascular components of the rabbit's mesentery and arrived at results that appear ...
Walter John Cliff, 1976

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SURFACE AREA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term surface area is used in the context of the following news items.
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Surface of Pluto surprisingly young, say scientists
It is a well known fact that smaller objects cool faster than larger ones of the same shape because of their larger surface area. This principle also holds true for ... «Youth Independent News, Jul 15»
2
Thick Cortex Could Be Key in Down Syndrome
Reductions in cortical surface area and increases in cortical thickness in brains of youth with Down Syndrome relative to typical controls. Panel (a) displays ... «DrexelNow, Jun 15»
3
New 'designer carbon' from Stanford boosts battery performance
The activation process creates nanosized holes, or pores, that increase the surface area of the carbon, allowing it to catalyze more chemical reactions and store ... «Stanford University News, May 15»
4
New Images Show Ceres is a Colorful Alien World
(Photo : NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA) Ceres has an estimated surface area of 2,850,000 km2. That's just under seven times the total surface area of California state ... «Nature World News, Apr 15»
5
Can money buy your kids a bigger brain?
"Money can buy better education, homes in areas further away from ... Both income and education correlated with brain surface area, particularly in areas ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Apr 15»
6
Nearly 81% of Great Lakes' surface area covered with ice, for the …
The federal Great Lakes research laboratory in Ann Arbor reports Friday that nearly 81 percent of the five lakes' surface area is ice-covered. On Thursday, the ice ... «fox6now.com, Feb 15»
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81% of Great Lakes' surface area now covered in ice
Nearly 81 per cent of the lakes' surface area was covered with ice, the NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory reported Friday. That was down ... «CTV News, Feb 15»
8
Using Specific Surface Area Measurement for Pharmaceutical …
Hence, surface area measurement (Figure 2) can be incorporated as a quality control tool to the series of incoming raw materials analyses to determine the ... «Azom.com, Sep 14»
9
Calculate plant surface area with smartphone app
"It has always been a challenge to measure leaf surface area without damaging the plants or spending long hours in the lab. I decided to attempt to write ... «Business Standard, Aug 14»
10
Microsoft Offers Surface Pro 3 Buyers $650 on a MacBook Air Trade-In
The 12-inch 2160x1440 pixel display features a 3:2 aspect that supposedly delivers more surface area or visual real-estate to work with. The company boasts of ... «NDTV, Jun 14»

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