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- Areas - pl. - of Area
- Geodesy - n. - That branch of applied mathematics which determines, by means of observations and measurements, the figures and areas of large portions of the earth's surface, or the general figure and dimenshions of the earth; or that branch of surveying in which the curvature of the earth is taken into account, as in the surveys of States, or of long lines of coast.
- Pteryla - n. - One of the definite areas of the skin of a bird on which feathers grow; -- contrasted with apteria.
- Areal - a. - Of or pertaining to an area; as, areal interstices (the areas or spaces inclosed by the reticulate vessels of leaves).
- Apteria - n. pl. - Naked spaces between the feathered areas of birds. See Pteryliae.
- Interambulacrum - n. - In echinoderms, one of the areas or zones intervening between two ambulacra. See Illust. of Ambulacrum.
- Epileptogenous - a. - Producing epilepsy or epileptoid convulsions; -- applied to areas of the body or of the nervous system, stimulation of which produces convulsions.
- Scrobicula - n. - One of the smooth areas surrounding the tubercles of a sea urchin.
- Epigastric - a. - Over the stomach; -- applied to two of the areas of the carapace of crabs.
- Mensuration - n. - That branch of applied geometry which gives rules for finding the length of lines, the areas of surfaces, or the volumes of solids, from certain simple data of lines and angles.