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Definition of Area

Area

  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.
  2. The inclosed space on which a building stands.
  3. The sunken space or court, giving ingress and affording light to the basement of a building.
  4. An extent of surface; a tract of the earth's surface; a region; as, vast uncultivated areas.
  5. The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or a triangle.
  6. A spot or small marked space; as, the germinative area.
  7. Extent; scope; range; as, a wide area of thought.

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

The last three or four reps is what makes the muscle grow. This area of pain divides the champion from someone else who is not a champion. That's what most people lack, having the guts to go on and just say they'll go through the pain no matter what happens.
Arnold Schwarzenegger

One can never know for sure what a deserted area looks like.
George Carlin

Most people have no idea of the giant capacity we can immediately command when we focus all of our resources on mastering a single area of our lives.
Tony Robbins

If a person gets his attitude toward money straight, it will help straighten out almost every other area in his life.
Billy Graham
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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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