Definitions of area

1. a subject of study; " it was his area of specialization"; " areas of interest include..."

2. 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.

3. The inclosed space on which a building stands.

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.

8. Any surface having bounds; the sunken space at the base of a building separating it from the street and affording light to the basement; extent; range; scope; region; tract.

9. Any plane surface or inclosed space: the sunken space around the basement of a building: ( geom.) the superficial contents of any figure.

10. An open space; superficial extent.

11. An open space; a tract.

12. Extent of surface.

13. A small sunken basement court.

14. Any plain surface included within limits; a vacant space about the sunken basement of a building; the superficial contents of any figure; a compass of ore allotted to diggers.

15. Any enclosed or open space; an open space in front of or around a sunk flat of a building.

16. A surface, as area opaca, area vasculosa.