Literary notes about Area (AI summary)
The term "area" is employed in literature with a striking versatility, spanning precise quantitative applications to metaphorical or descriptive ones. In mathematical and scientific contexts, it often serves as a measure for comparing sizes and dimensions, as when one circle is shown to have four times the area of another based on its diameter [1] or when determining the equality of areas in geometric puzzles [2, 3]. At the same time, literary authors use "area" to evoke a sense of place or influence: it can delineate a physical region—whether describing vast tracts of land [4, 5] or the specific setting before a theater stage [6]—or establish a domain of control and intellectual discussion, as seen in references to zones of technological interest [7] or even the expansion of liberty [8]. This dual use enriches the word’s capacity to convey both numerical precision and broader, more abstract realms within a narrative.
- in diameter, then one circle will be four times as great in area as the other, because the square of 4 is four times as great as the square of 2.
— from Amusements in Mathematics by Henry Ernest Dudeney - It will be seen that the pieces A and C have each twenty chequers, and are therefore of equal area.
— from Amusements in Mathematics by Henry Ernest Dudeney - — solution There is, of course, no difference in area between a mile square and a square mile.
— from Amusements in Mathematics by Henry Ernest Dudeney - The area of Norway is 124,495 square miles, or somewhat more than that of Wisconsin and Illinois together.
— from A History of Norwegian Immigration to the United States by George T. Flom - 69° 30´ and 78° 17´ E., the total area, according to the Census Report, 1911, including Ajmer-Merwāra, being 131,698 square miles.
— from Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, v. 1 of 3 by James Tod - The best place for both seeing and hearing is the doma , on the area of the theatre, close in front of the stage.
— from A Diplomat in Japan by Ernest Mason Satow - We used the search mode "SmartScan" in the area "Medical research."
— from The Online World by Odd De Presno - We are merely extending the area of liberty—nothing else.
— from History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I