German

Noun

Areal n ‎(genitive Areals, plural Areale)

1. area (pocket of land)

Declension

Portuguese

Proper noun

Areal

1. Areal (municipality in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

English

Adjective

areal ‎(not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to an area.

   areal interstices — the areas or spaces inclosed by the reticulate vessels of leaves

   • 2004, Scott Mueller, Upgrading and Repairing Laptops, page 307,

     Areal density is often used as a technology growth-rate indicator for the hard disk drive industry. Areal density is defined as the product of the linear bits per inch (bpil, measured along the length of the tracks around the disk, multiplied by the number of tracks per inch (tpi), measured radially on the disk (see Figure 9.1).

   • 2009, Sydney Lou Bonnick, Bone Densitometry in Clinical Practice: Application and Interpretation, page 157,

     It should be clear then, that BMD^{[Bone Mineral Density]} measurements with DXA^{[Dual-energy X-ray Absorptiometry]} are two-dimensional or areal measurements, whereas BMD measurements with QCT^{[Quantitative Computed Tomography]} are three-dimensional or volumetric. Because DXA measurements are areal, bone size can affect the apparent BMD.

   • 2010, Tarek Ahmed, Reservoir Engineering Handbook, page 985,

     The areal sweep efficiency E_A is defined as the fraction of the total flood pattern that is contacted by the displacing fluid.

Coordinate terms

• lineal, linear
• spacial, spatial

Translations

Danish

Etymology

From Latin arealis, from ārea.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /areaːl/, [ˌɑːeˈæːˀl]

Noun

areal n (singular definite arealet, plural indefinite arealer)

1. area, space
2. acreage

Synonyms

• flademål n

Inflection

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin arealis

Noun

areal n ‎(definite singular arealet, indefinite plural areal or arealer, definite plural areala or arealene)

1. area (measurement of a surface)

References

• “areal” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin arealis

Noun

areal n ‎(definite singular arealet, indefinite plural areal, definite plural areala)

1. area (measurement of a surface)

References

• “areal” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ɾe.ˈaw/, /a.ɾi.ˈaw/

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese arẽal, from arẽa ‎(“sand”) + -al.

Noun

areal m (plural areais)

1. a sandy location

Related terms

• areado
• areento
• areia
• arenoso

Etymology 2

Adjective

areal m, f ‎(plural areais, comparable)

1. areal (of or pertaining to an area)