Area vs Dose - What's the difference?
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(mathematics) A measure of the extent of a surface; it is measured in square units.
A particular geographic region.
Any particular extent of surface, especially an empty or unused extent.
Figuratively, any extent, scope or range of an object or concept.
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, magazine=(American Scientist), title= (British) An open space, below ground level, between the front of a house and the pavement.
(soccer) Penalty box; penalty area.
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, title= (slang) Genitals.
A measured portion of medicine taken at any one time.
The quantity of an agent (not always active) substance or radiation administered at any one time.
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, title= A venereal infection.
* 1978 , (Lawrence Durrell), Livia'', Faber & Faber 1992 (''Avignon Quintet ), p. 382:
to administer a dose
to prescribe a dose
Area is a related term of dose.
As nouns the difference between area and dose
is that area is area while dose is sow (female pig).area
English
Noun
(wikipedia area)Rob Dorit
Making Life from Scratch, passage=Today, a new area of research that similarly aims to mimic a complex biological phenomenon—life itself—is taking off. Synthetic biology, a seductive experimental subfield in the life sciences, seems tantalizingly to promise custom-designed life created in the laboratory.}}
- (Charles Dickens)
Wigan 2-2 Arsenal, passage=Bendtner's goal-bound shot was well saved by goalkeeper Ali Al Habsi but fell to Arsahvin on the edge of the area and the Russian swivelled, shaped his body and angled a sumptuous volley into the corner.}}
Derived terms
* * area code * area-denial * area of influence * area rug * area rule * Broca's area * combined statistical area * common area * danger area * disaster area * equal-area * free trade area * geographical area * goal area * gray area * grey area * lateral area * metropolitan area * metropolitan area network * notification area * outside gross area * penalty area * Planck area * prohibited area * protected area * rest area * restricted area * Ruhr Area * Schengen Area * safe area * second moment of area * service area * specific leaf area * staging area * surface area * terminal control area * Terminal High Altitude Area Defense * ventral tegmental area * Wernicke's areaSee also
* Imperial: square inches, square feet, square yards, square miles, acres * Metric: square meters/square metres, square centimeters/square centimetres, square kilometers/square kilometres, hectaresAnagrams
* 1000 English basic words ----dose
English
Noun
(en noun)Subtle effects, passage=Manganism has been known about since the 19th century, when miners exposed to ores containing manganese
- It would be very expensive to cure a dose here, as well as unbelievably painful.