area

Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/ˈɛəɹi.ə/]

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1. area (noun) — sense 1

Definition: A measure of the extent of a surface; it is measured in square units.

Example: It is about 4.5 million square kilometers in area and holds the world’s third largest collection of ice after Antarctica and Greenland.

2. area (noun) — sense 2

Definition: A particular geographic region.

Example: Eggimann used a computer algorithm to analyze data from the open-source geographic database OpenStreetMap and automatically detect areas with the superblock potential. He applied this analysis to 5 km x 5 km areas of the city center in 18 different cities around the world.

3. area (noun) — sense 3

Definition: Any particular extent of surface, especially an empty or unused extent.

Example: The photo is a little dark in that area.

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