Meaning

2 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The total area on the surface of an object.

  2. (countable, uncountable)The total resources of a system that are accessible from the outside world and thus might be attacked.

    Disabling network access to unused ports reduces surface area.

More definitions
  • the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary

Examples

4 sentences
  1. How do you work out the surface area of a trapezium?

    deWie kann man den Flächeninhalt eines Trapezes berechnen?

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  2. The square meter is used to indicate the size of a surface area.

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  3. The Island of Taiwan's surface area is thirty-six thousand square kilometers.

    ruПлощадь острова Тайвань составляет тридцать шесть тысяч квадратных километров.

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  4. Mars has about the same surface land area as Earth, which also has a water surface.

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Translations

2 languages

Forms

plural: surface areas
Singularsurface area
Pluralsurface areas

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary:areaexpanse

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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