areal

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

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.

• lineal, linear
• spacial, spatial

• area

• Elara, earal, reaal

From Latin arealis, from ārea.

• IPA^(key): /areaːl/, [ˌɑːeˈæːˀl]

areal n (singular definite arealet, plural indefinite arealer)

1. area, space
2. acreage

• flademål n

13th century. From area (“sand”) +‎ -al. Cognate with Portuguese areal and Spanish arenal.

• IPA^(key): /aɾeˈal/

areal m (plural areais)

1. sandy place
2. beach

   Synonym: praia

• area

• “areal” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “areal” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “areal” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “areal” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “areal” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

From Latin arealis

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

1. area (measurement of a surface)

• fellesareal
• landareal
• overflateareal

• “areal” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Latin arealis

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

1. area (measurement of a surface)

• fellesareal
• landareal
• overflateareal

• “areal” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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

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

areal m (plural areais)

1. a sandy location

• areado
• areento
• areia
• arenoso

área +‎ -al, or borrowed from Latin arealis.

areal m or f (plural areais, comparable)

1. areal (of or pertaining to an area)