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region: Meaning and Definition of
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re•gion
Pronunciation:
(rē'j
u
n),
[key]
— n.
an extensive, continuous part of a surface, space, or body:
a region of the earth.
Usually,the vast or indefinite entirety of a space or area, or something compared to one:
the regions of the firmament; the regions of the mind.
a part of the earth's surface (land or sea) of considerable and usually indefinite extent:
a tropical region.
a district without respect to boundaries or extent:
a charming region in Connecticut.
a part or division of the universe, as the heavens:
a galactic region.
a large indefinite area or range of something specified; sphere:
a region of authority.
an area of interest, activity, pursuit, etc.; field:
studies in the region of logic.
an administrative division of a city or territory.
a major faunal area of the earth's surface, sometimes one regarded as a division of a larger area.
a place in or a division of the body or a part of the body:
the abdominal region.
Also calleddomain.an open connected set.
the union of such a set and some or all of its boundary points.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary,
Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
See also:
region
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Regiomontanus
regional
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