Noun 1. surface area - the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary; "the area of a rectangle"; "it was about 500 square feet in area" expanse, area
extent - the distance or area or volume over which something extends; "the vast extent of the desert"; "an orchard of considerable extent"
acreage, land area - an area of ground used for some particular purpose (such as building or farming); "he wanted some acreage to build on"
footprint - the area taken up by some object; "the computer had a desktop footprint of 10 by 16 inches"
erasure - a surface area where something has been erased; "another word had been written over the erasure"
blank space, space, place - a blank area; "write your name in the space provided"
space - one of the areas between or below or above the lines of a musical staff; "the spaces are the notes F-A-C-E"
balk, baulk - the area on a billiard table behind the balkline; "a player with ball in hand must play from the balk"
plane section, section - (geometry) the area created by a plane cutting through a solid
The definition of lateral area is surface area without the bases
That is the definition of the surface area!
The surface area is the sum of all the areas of all the shapes that cover the surface of the object.
A curved surface area can be described as one where the gradient of the normal to the surface changes smoothly from point to point.
Lateral Area is the area of the sides of a solid, not including base.
It is the area of the exposed surface. So if you take a cube, the surface area is the sum of the areas of each of the 6 faces. They are all the same in the case of a cube. In general, add up the surface area of each exposed surface and this is the total surface area.
the surface tention of aliquid is the force per unit length on the surface that opposes the expansion of the surface area
The hard outer portion or surface area of bread.
The surface area of a cell is defined as the total area encompassing the perimeter of the outer cell layer. The surface area of a cell is an important part of the Surface Area to Volume Ratio in terms of the effect it has on molecules that are entering or exit the cell.
Total surface are is the sum of the areas of all the sides of a three-dimensional object.
That's the definition of the 'pressure' which the force exerts on the surface.
Drawn as if you were looking down on an area from above earths surface.