TARGET AREA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does target area mean? 

• TARGET AREA (noun)
  The noun TARGET AREA has 1 sense:

1. the location of the target that is to be hit

  Familiarity information: TARGET AREA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TARGET AREA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The location of the target that is to be hit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

target; target area

Hypernyms ("target area" is a kind of...):

place; spot; topographic point (a point located with respect to surface features of some region)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "target area"):

ground zero (the target of a projectile (as a bomb or missile))

 Context examples 

This form is easier for the body to absorb and allows more drug to get to the target area of the body, such as a tumor.

(Liposomal, NCI Dictionary)

In cancer treatment, a process used to plan radiation therapy so that the target area is precisely located and marked.

(Computer Modeling, NCI Dictionary)

In the spacecraft's extended mission in 2013, it lost its ability to precisely stare at its original target area, but a brilliant fix. created a second life for the telescope that is proving scientifically fruitful.

(Kepler Confirms 100+ Exoplanets During Its K2 Mission, NASA)