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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Its brain is quite small which means that the ratio of brain weight to brain surface area is also small.
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Perhaps 10 percent of the surface area of the planet is dark, clear, and populated at any given time.
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Simply by growing larger, creatures suffer a continual decrease in relative surface area .
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The aim was to get the weight as low as possible while at the same time maintain adequate surface area .
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The tension in the films draws them towards minimum surface area .
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This reduces the perceived surface area .