Etymology

areic

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Today it means: Of or pertaining to area; especially used to describe a measurement per unit area. Full definition →

French surfacique
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  1. French · borrowed fromsurfacique
  2. English todayareic

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

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