A"re*a (ā"r&esl;*&adot;; 277),
n.; pl. Areas
(-&adot;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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