areæ

Noun

area (plural areas or (archaic) areæ)

1. A measure of the extent of a surface; it is measured in square units.
   • It is about 4.5 million square kilometers in area and holds the world’s third largest collection of ice after Antarctica and Greenland.2018, VOA Learning English > China's Melting Glacier Brings Visitors, Adds to Climate Concerns
2. A particular geographic region.
   • 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.2022 March 8, Sarah DeWeerdt, “Barcelona-style “superblocks” could make a surprising number of cities greener and less car-centric”, in Anthropocene Magazine, archived from the original on 20 Oct 2022
3. Any particular extent of surface, especially an empty or unused extent.
   • The photo is a little dark in that area.
4. The extent, scope, or range of an object or concept.
   • The plans are a bit vague in that area.
5. (UK) An open space, below ground level, giving access to the basement of a house, and typically separated from the pavement by railings.
   • A boy seized it, whom she bribed with a shilling to relinquish his prize, which she was taking home, when it escaped from her hand, and fell down the area of a house.1790, Helen Maria Williams, Julia, Routledge, published 2016, page 95
6. Penalty box; penalty area.
   • Bendtner's goal-bound shot was well saved by goalkeeper Ali Al Habsi but fell to Arsahvin on the edge of the area and the Russian swivelled, shaped his body and angled a sumptuous volley into the corner.2010 December 29, Mark Vesty, “Wigan 2-2 Arsenal”, in BBC

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