area

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Surfaces of objects
-backed
base
bases
bed
crust
dorsiventral
flank
floor
front
lateral
mammillated
meniscus
multi-sided
nap
obverse
outside
overlay
rear
side
substrate

Examples of surface area

surface area
A planar intersect method for sampling fuel volume and surfacearea.
Islands were selected according to their accessibility, their surfacearea, and particularly their height above the water.
Elongation of the microvilli in this case doubles the total egg surfacearea.
Another detached pre-migrant was partially enclosed (over 10-25 % of its surfacearea) by large aggregates of host alveolar exudate.
The elongation of the mitochondria may provide the cell with an increased surfacearea for ion exchange and cellular respiration.
The success of loosely folded paper has one simple explanation; the greater surfacearea of paper immediately available for gnawing.
The outlet and inlet dimensions showed greater correlation with the body surfacearea, although the scoop dimension was also associated with it.
Approximately 90% of these fluids are reabsorbed by the intestine, principally in the small intestine by the jejunum, which has the largest surfacearea.
When observations were made at the surface of activated oocytes, numerous tiny spots were seen to be evenly distributed over most of surfacearea.
On each stem section, the surfacearea of bark eaten was traced onto clear adhesive tape wrapped around the stem.
This process may be facilitated by the exponentially expanding branch surfacearea in ageing fallows.
Effusions may also be related to the amount of pleural surfacearea supplied by collateral vessels.
The volumes were indexed to the body surfacearea.
This amount of area was y28 % of the total estimated surfacearea burial in the entire folding from the completed unfolded state.
By increasing the surfacearea a t which solidification can take place, the mushy layer enhances the release of both latent heat and rejected fluid.
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