Borrowed fromLatin āreālis ; bysurface analysis ,area +-al . Cognate withEnglish areolar .False cognates includeEnglish arena ,adrenal ,anear .
areal (notcomparable )
Of or pertaining to anarea .areal flood warning
areal interstices ―the areas or spaces inclosed by the reticulate vessels of leaves 2004 , Scott Mueller,Upgrading and Repairing Laptops ,page307 :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 ,page157 :It should be clear then, that BMD[Bone Mineral Density] measurements with DXA[Dual-energy X-ray Absorptiometry] are two-dimensional orareal measurements, whereas BMD measurements with QCT[Quantitative Computed Tomography] are three-dimensional or volumetric. Because DXA measurements areareal , bone size can affect the apparent BMD.
2010 , Tarek Ahmed,Reservoir Engineering Handbook ,page985 :Theareal sweep efficiency EA is defined as the fraction of the total flood pattern that is contacted by the displacing fluid.
Analogy with the frequent usage ofa- as a prefix meaning "not", in terms of Latin and/or Greek derivation (for ex.:a moral,a symmetry,a typical), suggests a second reading ofareal asa- +real , but this reading is prescriptively disallowed, presumably due to potential confusion.
FromLatin āreālis , fromārea .
IPA (key ) : /areaːl/ ,[ˌɑːeˈæːˀl] areal n (singular definite arealet ,plural indefinite arealer )
area ,space Synonym: flademål acreage Areal of Doniños, Ferrol, GaliciaFromOld Galician-Portuguese arẽal (13th century,Cantigas de Santa Maria ), fromarea ( “ sand ” ) +-al . Cognate withPortuguese areal andSpanish arenal .
IPA (key ) : /aɾeˈal/ [a.ɾeˈɑɫ] Rhymes:-al Hyphenation:a‧re‧al areal m (plural areais )
sandy placeSynonym: areeiro beach Synonym: praia “areal ”, inDicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña:Royal Galician Academy , 2012–2025 “areal ”, inDicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2025 Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González ;Granja, María Álvarez de la ;Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022 ), “areal ”, inDicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician ] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018 ), “areal ”, inCorpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia ] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández , editor (2006–2013 ), “areal ”, inDicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language ] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández ,Ernesto Xosé González Seoane ,María Álvarez de la Granja , editors (2003–2018 ), “areal ”, inTesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco , editor (2014–2024 ), “areal ”, inTesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega ,→ISSN FromDutch areaal , fromLatin āreālis .
aréal (comparative lebih areal ,superlative paling areal )
areal aréal (plural areal -areal )
( colloquial ) synonym ofkawasan FromLatin āreālis .
areal n (definite singular arealet ,indefinite plural areal or arealer ,definite plural areala or arealene )
area ( measurement of a surface ) FromLatin āreālis .
areal n (definite singular arealet ,indefinite plural areal ,definite plural areala )
area ( measurement of a surface ) ( Brazil ) IPA (key ) : /a.ɾeˈaw/ [a.ɾeˈaʊ̯] ,/a.ɾiˈaw/ [a.ɾɪˈaʊ̯] ,( faster pronunciation ) /aˈɾjaw/ [aˈɾjaʊ̯] ( Brazil ) IPA (key ) : /a.ɾeˈaw/ [a.ɾeˈaʊ̯] ,/a.ɾiˈaw/ [a.ɾɪˈaʊ̯] ,( faster pronunciation ) /aˈɾjaw/ [aˈɾjaʊ̯] ( Southern Brazil ) IPA (key ) : /a.ɾeˈaw/ [a.ɾeˈaʊ̯]
Rhymes:( Portugal ) -al ,( Brazil ) -aw Hyphenation:a‧re‧al FromOld Galician-Portuguese arẽal , fromarẽa ( “ sand ” ) +-al . Bysurface analysis ,areia +-al .
areal m (plural areais )
asandy location Fromárea +-al , or borrowed fromLatin āreālis .
areal m or f (plural areais )
areal ( of or relating to an area ) “areal ”, inDicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025 “areal ”, inDicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025 “areal ”, inDicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025 “areal ”, inMichaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025 “areal ”, inDicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025 Borrowed fromGerman Areal .
areal n (plural areale )
area