About The Word Area
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What's The Definition Of Area?
[n] a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function; "the spacious cooking area provided plenty of room for servants"
[n] the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary; "the area of a rectangle"; "it was about 500 square feet in area" [n] a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve; "in the abdominal region" [n] a subject of study; "it was his area of specialization"; "areas of interest include..." [n] a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography); "it was a mountainous area"; "Bible country" [n] a particular environment or walk of life; "his social sphere is limited"; "it was a closed area of employment"; "he's out of my orbit" Synonyms | Synonyms for Area: arena | country | domain | expanse | field | orbit | region | sphere | surface area Related Terms | Find terms related to Area: abode | academic discipline | academic specialty | acreage | airspace | amplitude | applied science | arena | arrondissement | art | bag | bailiwick | bearings | beat | belt | bench mark | bigness | block | body | breadth | bulk | caliber | circuit | classical education | close | compass | concern | confines | continental shelf | continuum | core curriculum | corridor | country | course | course of study | court | courtyard | coverage | cup of tea | curriculum | demesne | department | department of knowledge | depth | diameter | dimension | dimensions | discipline | district | division | domain | elective | emplacement | emptiness | empty space | enclosure | environs | expanse | expansion | extension | extent | field | field of inquiry | field of study | forte | galactic space | gauge | general education | general studies | girth | greatness | ground | heartland | height | hinterland | hole | humanities | infinite space | interstellar space | land | largeness | latitude and longitude | length | liberal arts | lieu | limit | line | locale | locality | location | locus | long suit | lot | magnitude | main interest | major | manner | mass | measure | measurement | metier | milieu | minor | natural science | neighborhood | nothingness | offshore rights | ology | orb | orbit | outer space | parade | part | parts | pet subject | pinpoint | place | placement | plot | point | position | precinct | precincts | premises | proportion | proportions | proseminar | province | pure science | purlieus | pursuit | quadrivium | quarter | radius | range | reach | realm | refresher course | region | room | round | salient | scale | science | scientific education | scope | section | seminar | site | situation | situs | size | social science | soil | space | spatial extension | specialism | speciality | specialization | specialty | sphere | spot | spread | square | stead | stretch | strong point | study | style | subdiscipline | subject | superficial extension | surface | technical education | technicality | technicology | technics | technology | terrain | territory | thing | three-mile limit | tract | trivium | twelve-mile limit | type | vicinage | vicinity | vocation | void | volume | walk | way | weakness | whereabout | whereabouts | width | yard | zone See Also | acreage | aisle | anchorage | anchorage ground | area of cardiac dullness | arena | areola | auditorium | balk | baulk | bedground | bema | Bermuda Triangle | blank space | block | body part | box | broadcast area | bullpen | center | centre | chancel | choir | city block | clear | cleavage | construction | corner | corner | cortical area | cortical region | danger | dining area | disaster area | distaff | environment | epigastrium | erasure | erogenous zone | extent | eye | family circle | fireside | fovea | fovea centralis | free port | free zone | front | goalmouth | gray area | grey area | groin | half-moon | hangout | haunt | heart | hearth | hideaway | holiday resort | hunting ground | hypochondrium | inguen | issue | kingdom | land | land area | lap | layby | lay-by | loins | lunula | lunule | macula | macula lutea | macular area | matter | middle | middle | midriff | midsection | nave | no man's land | no-go area | no-man's-land | nook | open | orchestra pit | palm | parafovea | patio | peanut gallery | perineum | pit | place | plane section | playground | political arena | political sphere | preserve | press gallery | province | pubes | pubic region | pull-off | quad | quadrangle | quadrant | quick | realm | refuge | region | repair | resort | responsibility | rest area | rest stop | retreat | retreat | ring of color | room | Sachsen | safety | sanctuary | Saxe | Saxony | scene | second balcony | section | shrubbery | side | sole | space | space | staging area | stamping ground | storage space | structure | subject | tank farm | terrace | territory | thenar | threshing floor | topic | turnaround | upper balcony | vacation spot | waist | waistline | winner's circle | yellow spot Area In Webster's Dictionary \A"re*a\ ([=a]"r[-e]*[.a]; 277), n.; pl. {Areas} (-[.a]z) .
[L. area a broad piece of level ground. Cf. {Are}, n.]
1. Any plane surface, as of the floor of a room or church, or
of the ground within an inclosure; an open space in a
building.
The Alban lake . . . looks like the area of some
vast amphitheater. --Addison.
2. The inclosed space on which a building stands.
3. The sunken space or court, giving ingress and affording
light to the basement of a building.
4. An extent of surface; a tract of the earth's surface; a
region; as, vast uncultivated areas.
5. (Geom.) The superficial contents of any figure; the
surface included within any given lines; superficial
extent; as, the area of a square or a triangle.
6. (Biol.) A spot or small marked space; as, the germinative
area.
7. Extent; scope; range; as, a wide area of thought.
The largest area of human history and man's common
nature. --F. Harrison.
{Dry area}. See under {Dry}.
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