Definition of "areal" []

• Of or pertaining to an area. (adjective)

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• "That works out to a storage density, called areal density in the industry, of 329GB per square inch - the highest yet for any hard-disk drive, according to Seagate."
• "They are producing areal-time map of crisis-relevant loca­tions in Haiti."
• "This is areal case: a trial court in Georgia convicted a woman of sexual assault on her female student and sentenced the teacher to 10 years in jail plus 5 years of probation."