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表面積 (ひょうめんせき) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

表ひょう面めん積せき

ひょ

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め

ん

せ

き

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Meanings

1

noun

surface area

A straightforward technical and everyday term for the total area of a surface. Used in mathematics, science, and daily life.

この立りっ方ぽう体たいの表ひょう面めん積せきを計けい算さんしてください。
Please calculate the surface area of this cube.
地ち球きゅうの表ひょう面めん積せきの約やく7割わりは海

うみ

です

。

About 70% of the Earth's surface area is ocean.

Kanji

表surface, table, chart
面mask, face, features
積volume, product (x*y), acreage

Similar words

面めん積せき
面積 means 'area' in general (e.g., floor area, land area), while 表面積 specifically refers to the area of a surface, often of a three-dimensional object.
体たい積せき
体積 means 'volume', the three-dimensional space occupied by an object, contrasting with 表面積 which is the two-dimensional surface measurement.

Etymology

Compound of 表面 (ひょうめん, 'surface') and 積 (せき, 'area'). The reading is standard on'yomi.