different between areal vs linear

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin arealis; equivalent to area +? -al.

Adjective

areal (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to an area.

   areal interstices — the areas or spaces inclosed by the reticulate vessels of leaves

   • 2004, Scott Mueller, Upgrading and Repairing Laptops, page 307,

     Areal density is often used as a technology growth-rate indicator for the hard disk drive industry. Areal density is defined as the product of the linear bits per inch (bpil, measured along the length of the tracks around the disk, multiplied by the number of tracks per inch (tpi), measured radially on the disk (see Figure 9.1).

   • 2009, Sydney Lou Bonnick, Bone Densitometry in Clinical Practice: Application and Interpretation, page 157,

     It should be clear then, that BMD^{[Bone Mineral Density]} measurements with DXA^{[Dual-energy X-ray Absorptiometry]} are two-dimensional or areal measurements, whereas BMD measurements with QCT^{[Quantitative Computed Tomography]} are three-dimensional or volumetric. Because DXA measurements are areal, bone size can affect the apparent BMD.

   • 2010, Tarek Ahmed, Reservoir Engineering Handbook, page 985,

     The areal sweep efficiency E_A is defined as the fraction of the total flood pattern that is contacted by the displacing fluid.

Coordinate terms

• lineal, linear
• spacial, spatial

Related terms

• area

Translations

Anagrams

• Elara, earal, reaal

Danish

Etymology

From Latin arealis, from ?rea.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /area?l/, [???e?æ??l]

Noun

areal n (singular definite arealet, plural indefinite arealer)

1. area, space
2. acreage

Inflection

Synonyms

• flademål n

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese ar?al (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from area (“sand”) +? -al. Cognate with Portuguese areal and Spanish arenal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?e?al/

Noun

areal m (plural areais)

1. sandy place
2. beach

   Synonym: praia

Derived terms

• Areás
• Areeiros

Related terms

• area

References

• “areal” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “areal” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “areal” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “areal” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “areal” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin arealis

Noun

areal n (definite singular arealet, indefinite plural areal or arealer, definite plural areala or arealene)

1. area (measurement of a surface)

Derived terms

• fellesareal
• landareal
• overflateareal

References

• “areal” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin arealis

Noun

areal n (definite singular arealet, indefinite plural areal, definite plural areala)

1. area (measurement of a surface)

Derived terms

• fellesareal
• landareal
• overflateareal

References

• “areal” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.?e.?aw/, /a.?i.?aw/

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese ar?al, from ar?a (“sand”) + -al.

Noun

areal m (plural areais)

1. a sandy location

Related terms

• areado
• areento
• areia
• arenoso

Etymology 2

área +? -al, or borrowed from Latin arealis.

Adjective

areal m or f (plural areais, comparable)

1. areal (of or pertaining to an area)

English

Etymology

From Latin l?ne?ris, from l?nea (“line”) + -?ris (adjectival suffix). Doublet of lineal.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?l?n.i.?/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?l?n.i.?/

Adjective

linear (comparative more linear, superlative most linear)

1. Having the form of a line; straight or roughly straight; following a direct course.
2. Of or relating to lines.
3. Made, or designed to be used, in a step-by-step, sequential manner.

4. (botany, of leaves) Long and narrow, with nearly parallel sides.
5. (mathematics) Of or relating to a class of polynomial of the form ${\displaystyle y=ax+b}$.
6. (physics) A type of length measurement involving only one spatial dimension (as opposed to area or volume).

Antonyms

• nonlinear

Coordinate terms

• (pertaining to length): areal, spacial, spatial
• (one-dimensional unit): cubic, square

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

• Arline, Erlian, Irelan, Lanier, aliner, enrail, lanier, larine, nailer, renail

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin l?ne?ris.

Adjective

linear (masculine and feminine plural linears)

1. linear

   Synonym: lineal

Related terms

• línia

Further reading

• “linear” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “linear” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “linear” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “linear” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin l?ne?ris.

Adjective

linear m or f (plural lineares, comparable)

1. linear (having the form of a straight line)
2. (mathematics) linear (being a first-degree polynomial)
3. linear (made in a step-by-step, logical manner)

Related terms

• linha

Further reading

• “linear” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Romanian

Adjective

linear m or n (feminine singular linear?, masculine plural lineari, feminine and neuter plural lineare)

1. Alternative form of liniar

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /line?a?/, [li.ne?a?]

Etymology 1

From Latin line?ris.

Adjective

linear (plural lineares)

1. (botany) linear

Derived terms

• perspectiva linear

Etymology 2

From Latin line?re.

Verb

linear (first-person singular present lineo, first-person singular preterite lineé, past participle lineado)

1. to line
2. to outline, mark out

Conjugation