areic

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adjective

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

“Areic charge is measured in coulombs per square meter.”

OriginFrench surfacique →
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Meanings

adjectiveareic (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf or pertaining to area; especially used to describe a measurement per unit area.

    Areic charge is measured in coulombs per square meter.

Origin

  1. Frenchsurfacique
  2. Englishareic

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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Translations

French surfacique
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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

areic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/areic

MLA

“areic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/areic. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “areic,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/areic.

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