Sentence examples for smallest surface area from inspiring English sources

(The smallest surface area enclosing a given volume is provided by a sphere).

For example, a soap bubble is spherical because a sphere has the smallest surface area, subject to enclosing a given volume of air.

The development of the domes was rooted in Fuller's mathematical research, but the underlying principles were that the most efficient means of enclosing the largest volume of interior space using the smallest surface area is a sphere, and that the strongest spherical structures are made from triangles.

The sponge-type and column-type structures showed the largest and smallest surface area, respectively.

Farther, with decreasing the specific surface area, the capacitance gradually decreases and reaches minimum for the sample with the smallest surface area, C540.

The m-ZrO2 sample possesses the smallest surface area (65 m2g−1) and largest pore size, while the c-ZrO2 has the largest surface area of 204 m2g−1 and smallest pore size.

In the other individuals, the differences between the largest and smallest segment surface areas are smaller but still considerable, the largest surface areas being between 13 and 14 times larger than the smallest surface areas.

In other cases, where the lake basin is large with well-developed drainage to a deep lake of small surface area, precipitation may be a small component.

Part of that advantage does, indeed, come from the small surface area of the knuckles (which is about a quarter that of an open-handed strike).

A relatively shallow tank with a large surface area will be more effective than a very deep tank that holds the same volume but has a smaller surface area.

This result was due to the smaller surface area of PLA microspheres with smoothed surface.