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   Area (āˈrḗ‑ȧ; 277), n.; pl. Areas (-ȧz) . [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.
   
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   The Alban lake . . . looks like the area of some vast amphitheater. Addison.
   
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   2. The inclosed space on which a building stands.
   
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   3. The sunken space or court, giving ingress and affording light to the basement of a building.
   
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   4. An extent of surface; a tract of the earth's surface; a region; as, “vast uncultivated areas”.
   
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   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”.
   
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   6. (Biol.) A spot or small marked space; as, “the germinative area”.
   
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   7. Extent; scope; range; as, “a wide area of thought”.
   
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   The largest area of human history and man's common nature. F. Harrison.
   
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   Dry area. See under Dry.
   
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