n. zone where user performances can take place

n. a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function; "the spacious cooking area provided plenty of room for servants"

n. a subject of study; "it was his area of specialization"; "areas of interest include..."

n. 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"

n. the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary; "the area of a rectangle"; "it was about 500 square feet in area"

n. a complex of buildings in which an institution of higher education is housed

n. a specialized sphere of knowledge; "baking is not my department"; "his work established a new department of literature"

n. the circumstances under which competition occurs; "the government's objective is to insure a genuinely level playing field for American industry and commerce in Europe"

n. a district of a city having some distinguishing character; "the Latin Quarter"

n. one of the administrative divisions of a large city

n. a district of a city or town marked out for administrative purposes

n. a district into which a city or town is divided for the purpose of administration and elections

n. the set of all points or lines that satisfy or are determined by specific conditions; "the locus of points equidistant from a given point is a circle"

n. a portion of a military position

n. an outer adjacent area of any place

n. a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation; "a bean plot"; "a cabbage patch"; "a briar patch"

n. a parcel of land having fixed boundaries; "he bought a lot on the lake"

n. an extended area of land

n. a quarter of the circumference of a circle

n. an area or region distinguished from adjacent parts by a distinctive feature or characteristic

n. a major social class or order of persons regarded collectively as part of the body politic of the country (especially in the United Kingdom) and formerly possessing distinct political rights

n. a piece of ground having specific characteristics or military potential; "they decided to attack across the rocky terrain"

n. graphic art consisting of the graphic or photographic representation of a visual percept; "he painted scenes from everyday life"; "figure 2 shows photographic and schematic views of the equipment"

n. the solid part of the earth's surface; "the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land"; "the earth shook for several minutes"; "he dropped the logs on the ground"

n. the region that is inside of something

n. a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure

n. the central part of the Earth

n. in law; the territory within which power can be exercised

n. a locally circumscribed place characterized by some distinctive features

n. (anatomy) any encircling or beltlike structure

n. a wide and open space or area as of surface or land or sky

n. the property possessed by a large mass

n. a sequence of prayers constituting the Christian Eucharistic rite; "the priest said Mass"

n. an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"; "a piano has a greater range than the human voice"; "the ambit of municipal legislation"; "within the compass of this article"; "within the scope of an investigation"; "outside the reach of the law"; "in the political orbit of a world power"

n. relative importance; "a problem of the first magnitude"

n. how much there is of something that you can quantify

n. an adequate or large amount; "he had a quantity of ammunition"

n. greatness of magnitude

n. a wide scope; "the sweep of the plains"

n. the capacity for being stretched

n. a brief treatise on a subject of interest; published in the form of a booklet

n. a large magnitude; "he blanched when he saw the size of the bill"; "the only city of any size in that area"

n. the property of something that is great in magnitude; "it is cheaper to buy it in bulk"; "he received a mass of correspondence"; "the volume of exports"