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Webster 1913 Edition
Area
A′re-a
(ā′rē̍-ȧ; 277)
, Noun.
pl.
Areas
(-ȧz)
. 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 triangle6.
(Biol.)
A spot or small marked space;
as, the germinative
. area
7.
Extent; scope; range;
as, a wide
. area
of thoughtThe largest
area
of human history and man's common nature. F. Harrison.
Dry area
. See under
Dry
.Webster 1828 Edition
Area
A'REA
,Noun.
1.
Any plain surface, as the floor of a room, of a church or other building, or of the ground.2.
The space or site on which a building stands; or of any inclosure.3.
In geometry, the superficial contents of any figure; the surface included within any given lines; as the area of a square or a triangle.4.
Among physicians, baldness; an empty space; a bald space produced by alopeey; also a name of the disease.5.
In mining, a compass of ore allotted to diggers.