areal

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin āreālis; by surface analysis, area +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• (General American, Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /ˈɛɹiəl/
• (Received Pronunciation, Mary–marry–merry distinction) IPA^(key): /ˈɛəɹɪəl/, /ˈɛəɹiəl/

• Audio (Southern England)

  (file)

• Homophones: aerial, Ariel
• Rhymes: -ɛəɹiəl

Adjective

areal (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to an area.

   areal flood warning

   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

See also

• focal, focused, local, locoregional, regional

Anagrams

• Elara, earal, reaal

Danish

Danish Wikipedia has an article on:

areal

Wikipedia ^da

Etymology

From Latin āreālis, from ārea.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /areaːl/,

Noun

areal n (singular definite arealet, plural indefinite arealer)

1. area, space

   Synonym: flademål

2. acreage

Inflection

Galician

Etymology

From 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

• “areal” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “areal” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “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.

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch areaal, from Latin āreālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: arè‧al

Adjective

arèal

1. areal

Noun

arèal (first-person possessive arealku, second-person possessive arealmu, third-person possessive arealnya)

1. (colloquial) synonym of area

Related terms

Further reading

• “areal” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

areal

Wikipedia ^no

Etymology

From Latin āreālis.

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

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

1. area (measurement of a surface)

Derived terms

References

• “areal” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

Flatevidd

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

Etymology

From Latin āreālis.

Noun

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

1. area (measurement of a surface)

Derived terms

References

• “areal” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
• Hyphenation: a‧re‧al

Etymology 1

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

Noun

areal m (plural areais)

1. a sandy location

Alternative forms

• arenal

Related terms

Etymology 2

From área +‎ -al, or borrowed from Latin āreālis.

Adjective

areal m or f (plural areais)

1. areal (of or relating to an area)

Further reading

• “areal” in iDicionário Aulete.
• “areal” in Dicionário inFormal.
• “areal” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “areal” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
• “areal” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Areal.

Noun

areal n (plural areale)

1. area

Declension