surface area(n = noun.attribute) area, expanse - the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary; "the area of a rectangle"; "it was about 500 square feet in area"
is a kind of extent
has particulars: acreage, land area, footprint, erasure, blank space, place, space, space, balk, baulk, plane section, section

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