A'REA, noun [Latin 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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