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Definition of Area
Area

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 inclosed space on which a building stands.

The sunken space or court, giving ingress and affording light to the basement of a building.

An extent of surface; a tract of the earth's surface; a region; as, vast uncultivated areas.

The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or a triangle.

A spot or small marked space; as, the germinative area.

Extent; scope; range; as, a wide area of thought.

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Area Quotations

When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.
John F. Kennedy

One of the things that strikes me is so many of the critics are people whose lifestyle doesn't change when the price of fuel changes, or if they keep a Wal-Mart store out of their area.
Lee Scott

A man's country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods, but it is a principle and patriotism is loyalty to that principle.
George William Curtis

I did have a big following in the upper New York area. I was at the New York State Fair a few times over the years. I have areas that I say are my areas.
Bobby Vinton

You have to go to where you can make money, and you see in the service area, in the technological area, those are the areas where we're going to create jobs.
Al D'Amato

Area Translations

area in Afrikaans is gebied, oppervlakte
area in Dutch is oppervlakte, areaal, gebied
area in Spanish is paraje, sobrefaz, plana, recinto

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