areic

adj

areic

adj

Etymology From area + -ic. By analogy from French surfacique. Introduced to English by International Standards Organization (ISO) in 1992 in ISO 31 (Quantities and units).

1

Of or pertaining to area; especially used to describe a measurement per unit area.

  • Areic charge is measured in coulombs per square meter.
Related terms
lineic, massic, volumic

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