Arena \A*re"na\, n.; pl. E. Arenas; L. Aren[ae]. [L. arena,
harena, sand, a sandy place.]
1. (Rom. Antiq.) The area in the central part of an
amphitheater, in which the gladiators fought and other
shows were exhibited; -- so called because it was covered
with sand.
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2. Any place of public contest or exertion; any sphere of
action; as, the arenaof debate; the arena of life.
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3. (Med.) "Sand" or "gravel" in the kidneys.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
arena
n 1: a particular environment or walk of life; "his social sphere
is limited"; "it was a closed area of employment"; "he's
out of my orbit" [syn: sphere, domain, area, orbit,
field]
2: the central area of an ancient Roman amphitheater where
contests and spectacles were held; especially a
sand-strewn area
3: a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments
[syn: stadium, bowl, sports stadium]
4: a playing field where sports events take place [syn: scene
of action]
WordNet (r) 2.0
98 Moby Thesaurus words for "arena":
academic discipline, academic specialty, ambit, amphitheater,
applied science, area, art, assembly hall, auditorium, back,
backdrop, background, bailiwick, beat, border, borderland, chapel,
cincture, circle, circuit, circus, close, concern, concert hall,
confine, container, convention hall, coop, court, courtyard,
curtilage, dance hall, delimited field, demesne, department,
department of knowledge, discipline, distance, domain, dominion,
enclave, enclosure, exhibition hall, field, field of inquiry,
field of study, fold, gallery, ground, hall, hemisphere,
hinterland, judicial circuit, jurisdiction, lecture hall, list,
locale, march, meetinghouse, mise-en-scene, music hall,
natural science, ology, opera house, orb, orbit, pale, paling,
park, pen, precinct, province, pure science, quad, quadrangle,
realm, rear, ring, round, scene, science, setting, social science,
specialty, sphere, square, stadium, stage, stage set,
stage setting, study, technicology, technics, technology, theater,
toft, walk, yard
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
arena n. [common; Unix] The area of memory attached to a process by
`brk(2)' and `sbrk(2)' and used by `malloc(3)' as dynamic storage. So
named from a `malloc: corrupt arena' message emitted when some early
versions detected an impossible value in the free block list. See
overrun screw, aliasing bug, memory leak, memory smash, smash
the stack.
Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)
arena
The area of memory attached to a Unix process
by the brk and sbrk system calls and used by malloc as
dynamic storage. So named from a "malloc: corrupt arena"
message emitted when some early versions detected an
impossible value in the free block list.
See overrun screw, aliasing bug, memory leak, memory
smash, smash the stack.
[{Jargon File]
(1995-12-28)
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)
ARENA, n. In politics, an imaginary rat-pit in which the statesman
wrestles with his record.
THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993)
Arena, ND
Zip code(s): 58412
Arena, WI (village, FIPS 2550)
Location: 43.16333 N, 89.91321 W
Population (1990): 525 (194 housing units)
Area: 2.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 53503
U.S. Gazetteer (1990)
Arena, WI -- U.S. village in Wisconsin
Population (2000): 685
Housing Units (2000): 269
Land area (2000): 1.089850 sq. miles (2.822699 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.004581 sq. miles (0.011865 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.094431 sq. miles (2.834564 sq. km)
FIPS code: 02550
Located within: Wisconsin (WI), FIPS 55
Location: 43.166108 N, 89.907305 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 53503
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Arena, WI
Arena
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
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