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Area

Area is the measure of a region's size on a surface. The area of a plane region or plane area refers to the area of a shape or planar lamina, while surface area refers to the area of an open surface or the boundary of a three-dimensional object.

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Common symbols
A[a] or S
Dimension
L 2 {\displaystyle {\mathsf {L}}^{2}}
In SI base units
1 m2
SI unit
Square metre [m2]

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Area

Nodes177
Edges176
Triples103
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.011299
Components1

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Area

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related to Triangle area · 15
Area → Alexandria, Archimedes, Aryabhatiya, BCE Greek, CE, CE Aryabhata, Elements, Euclid, Geometry, Heron, Heron's, In, Indian, It, Metrica
related to Circle area · 14
Area → Archimedes, BCE, Book, Chios, Circle, Cnidus, Euclid's Elements, Euclidean, Eudoxus, Hippocrates, In, Measurement, Subsequently, The
related to Non-planar surface area · 9
Area → Archimedes, Cylinder, For, Gaussian, Most, On, Similarly, Sphere, The
related to Quadrilateral area · 9
Area → Brahmagupta, Brahmagupta's, Bretschneider's, Carl Anton Bretschneider, CE, German, In, Karl Georg Christian, Staudt
see also · 7
Area → Brahmagupta, Derivation, Equiareal, List, Orders, Projected, Routh's
related to Formal definition · 5
Area → An, Every, For, If, Let
related to Units · 5
Area → Algebraically, Every, SI, The SI, Thus
related to General polygon area · 4
Area → Cartesian, Gauss, René Descartes, The
related to Optimization · 4
Area → Familiar, Given, Riemannian, The
related to Polygon formulas · 4
Area → Biggl, Biggr, Cartesian, For

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triangle circle displaystyle formula square surface areas shape given calculus perimeter used two length units function formulas rectangle base height

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
AreaCommon symbolsA[a] or S1.00infobox
AreaDimensionL 2 {\displaystyle {\mathsf {L}}^{2}}1.00infobox
AreaIn SI base units1 m21.00infobox
AreaSI unitSquare metre [m2]1.00infobox
Areais ameasure of a region's size on a surface0.90text
Areais asquare metre0.90text
trianglesinstance ofand the area of any other shape or surface is a dimensionless real number.There are several well-known formulas for the areas of simple shapes0.80text
rectanglesinstance ofand the area of any other shape or surface is a dimensionless real number.There are several well-known formulas for the areas of simple shapes0.80text
and circlesinstance ofand the area of any other shape or surface is a dimensionless real number.There are several well-known formulas for the areas of simple shapes0.80text
a sphereinstance ofthe problem of determining the area of plane figures was a major motivation for the historical development of calculus.For a solid shape0.80text
coneinstance ofthe problem of determining the area of plane figures was a major motivation for the historical development of calculus.For a solid shape0.80text
or cylinderinstance ofthe problem of determining the area of plane figures was a major motivation for the historical development of calculus.For a solid shape0.80text

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