area

Summary

area ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,758 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• area followed length^[2].
• area was followed by volume^[3].
• area is a type of physical quantity^[4].
• area is a type of ISQ derived quantity^[5].
• area is a type of scalar quantity^[6].
• area is a type of geometric measure^[7].
• area is a type of extensive quantity^[8].
• area is a type of geometric measure^[9].
• area is a type of definite integral^[10].
• area's Commons category is recorded as Area^[11].
• area's quantity symbol is recorded as S^[12].
• area's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Area^[13].
• area's described at URL is recorded as https://www.khanacademy.org/test-prep/v2-sat-math/x0fcc98a58ba3bea7:geometry-and-trigonometry-easier/x0fcc98a58ba3bea7:area-and-volume-easier/a/v2-sat-lesson-area-and-volume^[14].
• area's described at URL is recorded as https://www.khanacademy.org/math/geometry-home/geometry-area-perimeter^[15].
• area's topic's main Wikimedia portal is recorded as Contents Portals^[16].
• area's described by source is recorded as ISO 80000-3:2006 Quantities and units — Part 3: Space and time^[17].
• area's described by source is recorded as ISO 80000-3:2019 Quantities and units — Part 3: Space and time^[18].
• area's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[19].
• area's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica Ninth Edition^[20].
• area's described by source is recorded as 3Blue1Brown^[21].
• area's topic has template is recorded as Q95623750^[22].
• area's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/area^[23].
• area's main Wikidata property is recorded as P2046^[24].
• area's different from is recorded as surface area^[25].
• area's different from is recorded as square^[26].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include physical quantity^[4], ISQ derived quantity^[5], scalar quantity^[6], geometric measure^[7], extensive quantity^[8], and definite integral^[10].

Why It Matters

area ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,758 views/month).^[1] area has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[27] area is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[28]