n.; pl. Areas [ 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. [ 1913 Webster ] The Alban lake . . . looks like the area of some vast amphitheater. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. The inclosed space on which a building stands. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. The sunken space or court, giving ingress and affording light to the basement of a building. [ 1913 Webster ] 4. An extent of surface; a tract of the earth's surface; a region; as, vast uncultivated areas. [ 1913 Webster ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ] 6. (Biol.) A spot or small marked space; as, the germinative area. [ 1913 Webster ] 7. Extent; scope; range; as, a wide area of thought. [ 1913 Webster ] The largest area of human history and man's common nature. F. Harrison. [ 1913 Webster ]
Dry area. See under Dry. [ 1913 Webster ]
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