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Definition of 'area'English
Noun
( wikipedia)
(mathematics) A measure of the extent of a surface; it is measured in square units.
A particular geographic region.
Any particular extent of surface, especially an empty or unused extent.
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Figuratively, any extent, scope or range of an object or concept.
* {{quote-magazine|year=2013|month=September-October|author= Rob Dorit
|magazine=( American Scientist)|title= Making Life from Scratch
|passage=Today, a new area of research that similarly aims to mimic a complex biological phenomenon—life itself—is taking off. Synthetic biology, a seductive experimental subfield in the life sciences, seems tantalizingly to promise custom-designed life created in the laboratory.}}
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(British) An open space, below ground level, between the front of a house and the pavement.
- (Charles Dickens)
(soccer) Penalty box; penalty area.
* {{quote-news|year=2010|date=December 29|author=Mark Vesty|work=BBC
|title= Wigan 2-2 Arsenal
|passage=Bendtner's goal-bound shot was well saved by goalkeeper Ali Al Habsi but fell to Arsahvin on the edge of the area and the Russian swivelled, shaped his body and angled a sumptuous volley into the corner.}}
(slang) Genitals.
Derived terms
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* area code
* area-denial
* area of influence
* area rug
* area rule
* Broca's area
* combined statistical area
* common area
* danger area
* disaster area
* equal-area
* free trade area
* geographical area
* goal area
* gray area
* grey area
* lateral area
* metropolitan area
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* metropolitan area network
* notification area
* outside gross area
* penalty area
* Planck area
* prohibited area
* protected area
* rest area
* restricted area
* Ruhr Area
* Schengen Area
* safe area
* second moment of area
* service area
* specific leaf area
* staging area
* surface area
* terminal control area
* Terminal High Altitude Area Defense
* ventral tegmental area
* Wernicke's area
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Related terms
* areal
See also
* Imperial: square inches, square feet, square yards, square miles, acres
* Metric: square meters/square metres, square centimeters/square centimetres, square kilometers/square kilometres, hectares
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