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areal
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin āreālis; by surface analysis, area + -al. Cognate with English areolar. False cognates include English arena, adrenal, anear.
Pronunciation
- (General American, Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA(key): /ˈɛɹiəl/
- (Received Pronunciation, without the Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA(key): /ˈɛəɹɪəl/, /ˈɛəɹiəl/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Homophones: aerial, Ariel
- Rhymes: -ɛəɹiəl
Adjective
areal (not comparable)
- 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 EA is defined as the fraction of the total flood pattern that is contacted by the displacing fluid.
Usage notes
Analogy with the frequent usage of a- as a prefix meaning "not", in terms of Latin and/or Greek derivation (for ex.: amoral, asymmetry, atypical), suggests a second reading of areal as a- + real, but this reading is prescriptively disallowed, presumably due to potential confusion.
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Danish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
areal n (singular definite arealet, plural indefinite arealer)
Inflection
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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
Noun
areal m (plural areais)
Derived terms
- Areás
- Areeiros
Related terms
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022), “areal”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018), “areal”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “areal”, in Dicionario 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”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “areal”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Indonesian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /aˈreal/ [aˈre.al]
- Rhymes: -eal
- Syllabification: a‧re‧al
Adjective
aréal (comparative lebih areal, superlative paling areal)
Noun
- (colloquial) synonym of kawasan
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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 of Indonesia, 2016.
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Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
areal n (definite singular arealet, indefinite plural areal or arealer, definite plural areala or arealene)
- area (measurement of a surface)
Derived terms
References
- “areal” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Noun
areal n (definite singular arealet, indefinite plural areal, definite plural areala)
- area (measurement of a surface)
Derived terms
References
- “areal” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Galician-Portuguese arẽal, from arẽa (“sand”) + -al. By surface analysis, areia + -al.
Noun
areal m (plural areais)
- a sandy location
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Etymology 2
From área + -al, or borrowed from Latin āreālis.
Adjective
areal m or f (plural areais)
- areal (of or relating to an area)
Further reading
- “areal”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “areal”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
- “areal”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “areal”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “areal”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
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Romanian
Etymology
Noun
areal n (plural areale)
Declension
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