area

area
noun Etymology: Latin, open space, threshing floor; perhaps akin to Latin arēre to be dry — more at arid Date: 1538 1. a level piece of ground 2. the surface included within a set of lines; specifically the number of unit squares equal in measure to the surface — see metric system table, weight table 3. the scope of a concept, operation, or activity ; field <
the whole area of foreign policy
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4. areaway 5. a particular extent of space or surface or one serving a special function: as a. a part of the surface of the body b. a geographic region 6. a part of the cerebral cortex having a particular function • areal adjectiveareally adverb

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  • area — ar‧e‧a [ˈeəriə ǁ ˈeriə] noun [countable] 1. a part of a city or country: • What area of Bristol do you live in? • the New York metropolitan area (= New York city and the area around it ) asˌsisted ˈarea …   Financial and business terms

  • Área 69 — Area 69 promocionando 12 RAZONES PARA… Datos generales …   Wikipedia Español

  • área — sustantivo femenino 1. Espacio de tierra entre ciertos límites: Un área extensa del campo se dedica al cultivo de hortalizas. 2. Espacio o zona donde se dan determinados fenómenos o características: área urbana, área de bajas presiones, área medi …   Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española

  • Área 7 — Datos generales Origen Lima, Perú Estado En actividad …   Wikipedia Español

  • área — s. f. 1. Extensão compreendida dentro de certos limites. 2. Vão que sobe de um saguão interior até ao telhado da casa. 3. Espaço (em que se exerce determinada ação). 4. Halo. 5. Espaço que percorre em certo tempo o raio vetor de um astro. 6. … …   Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

  • Area 52 — may refer to: * Tonopah Test Range a military installation located about 30 miles southeast of Tonopah, Nevada. * Stargate Command, canon codename Area 52, located under NORAD * The Top Secret United States government facility similar to Area 51… …   Wikipedia

  • AREA — (лат.), поле, участок, место, в неврологии этим термином обознач. нек рые участки центо. Нервной системы (см. ниже). Area acustica, область, расположенная по дну IV желудочка, в наружном его углу, на границе Ва ролиева моста и продолговатого… …   Большая медицинская энциклопедия

  • area — 1 Area, tract, region, zone, belt mean an extent of space especially of ground or surface that is distinguishable from its surroundings in appearance or in certain distinctive features. Area still carries its original implication of clearly… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • area — ⇒AREA, subst. fém. A. ARCHIT. [Dans les monastères de l Église d Orient] Surface libre entourant l église et que délimite le cloître : • 1. Le cloître des monastères de l Orient est l enceinte qui enveloppe l area ou surface libre, dont l église… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Area — 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. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Area 19 — is one of a number of nuclear test areas within the Pahute Mesa section of the Nevada Test Site (NTS). Pahute Mesa is one of four major nuclear test regions within the (NTS) and it encompasses Area 19 and Area 20.Both Area 19 and Area 20 were… …   Wikipedia

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