Dictionary
re•gion
Pronunciation: (rē'jun), [key]—
n.
1. an extensive, continuous part of a surface, space, or body:
a region of the earth.
2. Usually,
regions. 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.
3. a part of the earth's surface (land or sea) of considerable and usually indefinite extent:
a tropical region.
4. a district without respect to boundaries or extent:
a charming region in Connecticut.
5. a part or division of the universe, as the heavens:
a galactic region.
6. a large indefinite area or range of something specified; sphere:
a region of authority.
7. an area of interest, activity, pursuit, etc.; field:
studies in the region of logic.
8. an administrative division of a city or territory.
9. Zoogeog.a major faunal area of the earth's surface, sometimes one regarded as a division of a larger area.
10. Anat.a place in or a division of the body or a part of the body:
the abdominal region.
11. Math.
a. Also called
domain. an open connected set.
b. 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.
