surface integral

noun Mathematics.

the limit, as the norm of the partition of a given surface into sections of area approaches zero, of the sum of the product of the areas times the value of a given function of three variables at some point on each section.

Origin of surface integral

First recorded in 1870–75

Words nearby surface integral

surface density, surface effect ship, surface effect vehicle, surface epithelium, surface friction drag, surface integral, surface mail, surface noise, surface of light and shade, surface of projection, surface of revolution