areal

See also: Areal, aréal, and areál

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin arealis; equivalent to area +‎ -al.

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

Related terms

• area

Translations

areal

• French: aréal (fr)
• Galician: areal (gl)
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• Italian: areale (it)
• Portuguese: areal (pt)

Anagrams

• Elara, earal, reaal

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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

Inflection

Declension of areal

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	areal	arealet	arealer	arealerne
genitive	areals	arealets	arealers	arealernes

Synonyms

• flademål n

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Galician

Areal of Doniños, Ferrol, Galicia

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese arẽal (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from area (“sand”) +‎ -al. Cognate with Portuguese areal and Spanish arenal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɾeˈal/

Noun

areal m (plural areais)

1. sandy place
2. beach

   Synonym: praia

Derived terms

• Areás
• Areeiros

Related terms

• area

References

• Template:R:DDGM
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “areal”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Template:R:DDLG
• Template:R:TILG
• “areal” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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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)

Derived terms

• fellesareal
• landareal
• overflateareal

References

• “areal” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin arealis

Noun

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

1. area (measurement of a surface)

Derived terms

• fellesareal
• landareal
• overflateareal

References

• “areal” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ɾe.ˈaw/, /a.ɾi.ˈaw/

Etymology 1

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

Noun

areal m (plural areais)

1. a sandy location

Related terms

• areado
• areento
• areia
• arenoso

Etymology 2

área +‎ -al, or borrowed from Latin arealis.

Adjective

1. areal (of or pertaining to an area)