areal

Adjective

Meaning

Of or pertaining to an area; as, areal interstices (the areas or spaces inclosed by the reticulate vessels of leaves).

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

national local state area international land region regional flat sheet habitat provincial territorial geographical planar
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Antonyms

elementary natural simple lucid deep obvious
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Related terms

area

Phrases with the word

areal coordinates areal velocity

Anagrams

earal Elara reaal

Examples

An areal feature of the Pacific Northwest coast is that historical *k became palatalized in many languages. Source: Internet

In a similar vein, there are many similar unique innovations in Germanic, Baltic and Slavic that are far more likely to be areal features than traceable to a common proto-language. Source: Internet

Increasing areal density increases throughput by increasing data rate and by increasing the amount of data under a set of heads, thereby potentially reducing seek activity for a given amount of data. Source: Internet

In fact Maltese displays some areal traits typical of Maghrebine Arabic, although during the past eight hundred years of independent evolution it has drifted apart from Tunisian Arabic". Source: Internet

In terms of areal extent, however, Northern Hemisphere winter snow and ice extent comprise the largest area, amounting to an average 23% of hemispheric surface area in January. Source: Internet

Lowland dialects share some words and areal features with the languages surrounding them (Serbo-Croatian, Hungarian, and Romanian). Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

area-specific areach aread areal coordinates areal velocity arealization