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i noun
1.
any particular extent of space or surface; part: the dark areas in the painting; the dusty area of the room.
2.
a geographical region; tract: the Chicago area; the unsettled areas along the frontier.
3.
any section reserved for a specific function: the business area of a town; the dining area of a house.
4.
extent, range, or scope: inquiries that embrace the whole area of science.
5.
field of study, or a branch of a field of study: Related areas of inquiry often reflect borrowed notions.
6.
a piece of unoccupied ground; an open space.
7.
the space or site on which a building stands; the yard attached to or surrounding a house.
8.
9.
the quantitative measure of a plane or curved surface; two-dimensional extent.
10.
Anatomy. a zone of the cerebral cortex having a specific function: The damage to Broca's area affected his speech.
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| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
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World English Dictionary
area (ˈɛərɪə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | any flat, curved, or irregular expanse of a surface |
| 2. | a. the extent of a two-dimensional surface enclosed within a specified boundary or geometric figure: the area of Ireland; the area of a triangle |
| b. the two-dimensional extent of the surface of a solid, or of some part thereof, esp one bounded by a closed curve: the area of a sphere | |
| 3. | a section, portion, or part: an area of the body; an area of the sky |
| 4. | region; district; locality: a mountainous area |
| 5. | a. a geographical division of administrative responsibility |
| b. (as modifier): area manager | |
| 6. | a part or section, as of a building, town, etc, having some specified function or characteristic: reception area; commercial area; slum area |
| 7. | Also called: areaway a sunken area, usually enclosed, giving light, air, and sometimes access to a cellar or basement |
| 8. | the range, extent, or scope of anything |
| 9. | a subject field or field of study |
| 10. | any unoccupied or unused flat open piece of ground |
| 11. | the ground on which a building stands, or the ground surrounding a building |
| 12. | anatomy any of the various regions of the cerebral cortex |
| 13. | computing any part of a computer memory assigned to store data of a specified type |
| [C16: from Latin: level ground, open space, threshing-floor; related to ārēre to be dry] | |
| 'areal | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
area
1530s, "vacant piece of ground," from L. area "level ground, open space," of uncertain origin. Perhaps related to arere "to become dry," on notion of a burned clearing or dry, bare space. The generic sense of "amount of surface (whether open or not) contained within any set of limits" is from 1845. Area
code in N.Amer. telephone systems is attested from 1961.
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
area ar·e·a (âr'ē-ə)
n. pl. ar·e·as or ar·e·ae (-ē-ē')
A circumscribed surface or space.
All of a part that is supplied by a given artery or nerve.
A part of an organ having a special function.
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American Heritage
Science Dictionary
area  (âr'ē-ə) Pronunciation Key
The extent of a surface or plane figure as measured in square units. |
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American Heritage
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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Example sentences
The area of attachment of a cranial nerve to the surface of the brain is termed its superficial or apparent origin.
Makes sense because a smaller body means a bigger surface area to body volume and more efficient heat dumping.
The first digitation is inserted into a triangular area on the ventral surface of the medial angle.
Open up and flatten a chicken so more surface area can get a smoky char.
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