Look up: Area

1. Area
   A bounded contiguous two dimensional object which may or may not include its boundary. Usually defined in terms of an external polygon or in terms of a set of grid cells.
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2. area
   [n] - a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography) 2. [n] - a subject of study 3. [n] - a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve 4....
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3. Area
   The derived SI unit of AreaThe derived SI unit of area is the m².
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4. area
   Roman land area measures used would include: area plural informal name equivelant to modern * saltus - - 4 centuriae or 400 heredia or 800 iugera or 1600 actus quadrati or 23,040,000 pedes quadrans ca. 500 acres or 200 hectares centuria centuriae the hundred, which corresponded to the area taken up by a century of Roman legionaries, or used in cent…
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5. Area
   Measures the size of a surface using length measurements in two dimensions.
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6. area
   Measures the size of a surface using length measurements in two dimensions.
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7. area
   The number of square units needed to cover a surface
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   The area is 9 square units.
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8. area
   in programming language,a space together with a mechanism for inserting data objects into it,and for accessing and for deleting data objects from it Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers) • Sunken area,usually enclosed,giving air,light and sometimes access to ce...
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9. Area
   A're·a (ā're*ȧ; 277) noun ; plural Areas (-ȧz) . [ Latin area a broad piece of level ground. Confer Are , noun ] 1. Any plane surface, as of the floor of a room or church...
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10. area
    Origin: L. Area a broad piece of level gro. Cf. Are. ... 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 ...
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11. area
    noun a subject of study; `it was his area of specialization`; `areas of interest include...`
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12. area
    noun a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function; `the spacious cooking area provided plenty of room for servants`
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13. area
    expanse noun the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary; `the area of a rectangle`; `it was about 500 square feet in area`
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14. area
    region noun a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve; `in the abdominal region`
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15. area
    a portion of a space where a particular activity occurs
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16. area
    (ār´e-ә) pl. a´reae, areas a limited space or plane surface.
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17. Area
    • (n.) The inclosed space on which a building stands. • (n.) The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or a triangle. • (n.) The sunken space or court, giving ingress and affording light to the bas...
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18. area
    (from the article `measurement system`) ...of weights and measures today includes such factors as temperature, luminosity, pressure, and electric current, it once consisted of only four ... [7 related articles]
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19. area
    The amount of space, or number of square units, inside a closed figure.
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20. area
    area (AIR ee uh) 1. Surface; extent or range, zone, space: 'The apple orchid covers a large area of the farm.' 2. Region, locality, terrain, territory, district: 'Alligators are found in marshy areas.' 3. Field, sphere, realm, scope: 'France has always excelled in the area of the arts.'
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21. area
    (a) Type: Term Pronunciation: ār′ē-ă, -ē Definitions: 1. Any circumscribed surface or space. 2. All of the part supplied by a given artery or nerve. 3. A part of an organ having a special function, as the motor area of the brain.
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22. Area
    Unit of measure of length times width expressed in square inches.
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23. area
    area, measure of the size of a surface region, usually expressed in units that are the square of linear units, e.g., square feet or square meters. In elementary geometry, formulas for the areas of the simple plane figures and the surface areas of simple solids are derived from the linear dimensions ...
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24. area
    Size of a surface. It is measured in square units, usually square centimetres (cm²), square metres (m²), or square kilometres (km²). Surface area is the area of the outer surface of a solid. Integration may be used to determine the area of shapes enclosed by curves. The areas of t...
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25. area
    a part of a surface.
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