Area vs Orb - 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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(soccer) Penalty box; penalty area.
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A spherical body; a globe; especially, one of the celestial spheres; a sun, planet, or star
One of the azure transparent spheres conceived by the ancients to be inclosed one within another, and to carry the heavenly bodies in their revolutions
A circle; especially, a circle, or nearly circular orbit, described by the revolution of a heavenly body; an orbit
(rare) A period of time marked off by the revolution of a heavenly body.
(poetic) The eye, as luminous and spherical
(poetic) A revolving circular body; a wheel
(rare) A sphere of action.
A globus cruciger
A translucent sphere appearing in flash photography
(military) A body of soldiers drawn up in a circle, as for defence, especially infantry to repel cavalry.
(poetic) to form into an orb or circle
(poetic) to encircle; to surround; to enclose
* Addison
(poetic) to become round like an orb
Area is a related term of orb.
As a noun area
is area.As an initialism orb is
(software engineering).area
English
Noun
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- (Charles Dickens)
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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 ----orb
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) orbe, from (etyl) . Compare orbit .Noun
(en noun)- In the small orb of one particular tear. --
- Whether the prime orb, Incredible how swift, had thither rolled. --
- The schoolmen were like astronomers, which did feign eccentrics, and epicycles, and such engines of orbs. --Bacon
- You seem to me as Dian in her orb. --
- In orbs Of circuit inexpressible they stood, Orb within orb. --
- (John Milton)
- A drop serene hath quenched their orbs. --
- The orbs Of his fierce chariot rolled. --
- (William Wordsworth)
- But in our orbs we'll live so round and safe. --
Verb
(en verb)- (Lowell)
- (Milton)
- The wheels were orbed with gold.
