how can we find dm and sigma of any given geometrical object? Share with your friends Share 1 Neha Gupta answered this dm is the mass of small element of the gematerical object.for two dimensonal object, mass per unit area is called surface mass density.σ = mass of the objectarea of the object = MAmass of the small element is given by:dm = surface mass density area of the small elementdm = σ(dA) 1 View Full Answer