Meaning & use
areal
Relating to or measured by area, especially the extent of a surface or region.
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The report compared the areal extent of forest cover across three decades of satellite imagery.
Linguists mapped the areal distribution of the dialect across neighboring villages.
A note on using this word
Areal is a technical term used mainly in geography, geology, and linguistics; it is easily confused with 'aerial,' which relates to the air, not surface area.
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