Area vs. Perimeter
Areanoun
(mathematics) A measure of the extent of a surface; it is measured in square units.
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A particular geographic region.
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Any particular extent of surface, especially an empty or unused extent.
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The extent, scope, or range of an object or concept.
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(British) An open space, below ground level, between the front of a house and the pavement.
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(soccer) Penalty box; penalty area.
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(slang) Genitals.
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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.
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The inclosed space on which a building stands.
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The sunken space or court, giving ingress and affording light to the basement of a building.
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An extent of surface; a tract of the earth's surface; a region; as, vast uncultivated areas.
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The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or a triangle.
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A spot or small marked space; as, the germinative area.
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Extent; scope; range; as, a wide area of thought.
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a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography);
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a particular environment or walk of life;
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a subject of study;
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a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function;
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a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve;
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the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary;
Area
Area is the quantity that expresses the extent of a two-dimensional region, shape, or planar lamina, in the plane. Surface area is its analog on the two-dimensional surface of a three-dimensional object.
Perimeternoun
(mathematics) The sum of the distance of all the lengths of the sides of an object.
Perimeternoun
(mathematics) The length of such a boundary.
Perimeternoun
The outer limits of an area. circumference
Perimeternoun
A fortified strip or boundary usually protecting a military position.
Perimeternoun
An instrument for determining the extent and shape of the field of vision.
Perimeternoun
The outer boundary of a body or figure, or the sum of all the sides.
Perimeternoun
An instrument for determining the extent and shape of the field of vision.
Perimeternoun
the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary
Perimeternoun
a line enclosing a plane areas
Perimeternoun
the size of something as given by the distance around it
Perimeternoun
the continuous line forming the boundary of a closed geometrical figure
Perimeternoun
the outermost parts or boundary of an area or object
Perimeternoun
an area away from the basket, beyond the reach of the defensive team
Perimeternoun
an instrument for measuring the extent and characteristics of a person's field of vision.
Perimeter
A perimeter is either a path that encompasses/surrounds/outlines a shape (in two dimensions) or its length (one-dimensional). The perimeter of a circle or an ellipse is called its circumference.
