A'REA, n. [L. I suspect this to be contracted from Heb. from a root which signifies to reach, stretch, lay or spread.] 1. Any plain surface, as the floor of a room, of a church or other building, or of the ground.2. The space or site on which a building stands; or of any inclosure.3. In geometry, the superficial contents of any figure; the surface included within any given lines; as the area of a square or a triangle.4. Among physicians, baldness; an empty space; a bald space produced by alopeey; also a name of the disease.5. In mining, a compass of ore allotted to diggers.
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