Area vs. Locality — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Area and Locality
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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.
Locality
A particular neighborhood, place, or district
"Localities, even individual villages, developed their own languages" (Wall Street Journal).
Area
A roughly bounded part of the space on a surface; a region:a farming area; the New York area.
Locality
The fact or quality of having position in space.
Area
A surface, especially an open, unoccupied piece of ground:a landing area; a playing area.
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Locality
The fact or quality of having a position in space.
Area
A distinct part or section, as of a building, set aside for a specific function:a storage area in the basement.
Locality
The features or surroundings of a particular place.
Area
A division of experience, activity, or knowledge; a field:studies in the area of finance; a job in the health-care area.
Locality
The condition of being local.
Area
An open, sunken space next to a building; an areaway.
Locality
The situation or position of an object.
Area
Abbr. AThe extent of a planar region or of the surface of a solid measured in square units.
Locality
An area or district considered as the site of certain activities; a neighbourhood.
Area
(mathematics) A measure of the extent of a surface; it is measured in square units.
Locality
Limitation to a county, district, or place.
Area
A particular geographic region.
Locality
(geography) A built-up area, i.e. a city, town or village
Area
Any particular extent of surface, especially an empty or unused extent.
The photo is a little dark in that area.
Locality
The perceptive faculty concerned with the ability to remember the relative positions of places.
Area
The extent, scope, or range of an object or concept.
The plans are a bit vague in that area.
Locality
The state, or condition, of belonging to a definite place, or of being contained within definite limits.
It is thought that the soul and angels are devoid of quantityand dimension, and that they have nothing to do with grosser locality.
Area
(British) An open space, below ground level, giving access to the basement of a house, and typically separated from the pavement by railings.
Locality
Position; situation; a place; a spot; esp., a geographical place or situation, as of a mineral or plant.
Area
(soccer) Penalty box; penalty area.
Locality
Limitation to a county, district, or place; as, locality of trial.
Area
(slang) Genitals.
Locality
The perceptive faculty concerned with the ability to remember the relative positions of places.
Area
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.
The Alban lake . . . looks like the area of some vast amphitheater.
Locality
A surrounding or nearby region;
The plane crashed in the vicinity of Asheville
It is a rugged locality
He always blames someone else in the immediate neighborhood
I will drop in on you the next time I am in this neck of the woods
Area
The inclosed space on which a building stands.
Area
The sunken space or court, giving ingress and affording light to the basement of a building.
Area
An extent of surface; a tract of the earth's surface; a region; as, vast uncultivated areas.
Area
The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or a triangle.
Area
A spot or small marked space; as, the germinative area.
Area
Extent; scope; range; as, a wide area of thought.
The largest area of human history and man's common nature.
Area
A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography);
It was a mountainous area
Bible country
Area
A particular environment or walk of life;
His social sphere is limited
It was a closed area of employment
He's out of my orbit
Area
A subject of study;
It was his area of specialization
Areas of interest include...
Area
A part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function;
The spacious cooking area provided plenty of room for servants
Area
A part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve;
In the abdominal region
Area
The extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary;
The area of a rectangle
It was about 500 square feet in area
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