areocentric (a"reosentrik)

[ tude. areographic (a-re-o-grafik), a. [ The areographic longitude of the center of the Oculus. Nature , XXXIII. 42. areography (a-re-og'ra-fi), n.; pl. areographies (-fiz). [ The areographies agree very well with each other in respect to the planet's [Mars's] most important features. Pop. Sci. Mo .. XXVI. 55. areola (a-rē'ō-lä), n.; pl. areolæ (-lē). [L., a small open place, dim. of area: see area.] 1. In entom., a small, generally angular, inclosed space on a surface, as the spaces between the veinlets in the wing of a dragon-fly, or pale spaces between dark lines which form a network. Also areolet. -2. In bot., a term sometimes used to designate the meshes of cellular ti ue or little distinct angular spaces on a surface.-3. In an at.: (a) Any little cell, area, or space; especially, one of the small interstices in the meshes of areolar ti ue and the like, or among minute interlacing ve els, as capillaries. (b) The colored circle or halo about the nipple of the human mammary gland, pink in virgins, and brown of various shades in women who have borne children. (c) The red ring of inflamed ti ue surrounding a pustule. Hence, figuratively-4. An aureole. In some legends of saints we find that they were born with a lambent circle or golden areola about their heads. De Quincey , Works, XV. 39. 5. In decorative art and manufacture, any plate, tile, or flat panel. (a) A tile of earthenware, or a plate of marble or stone forming part of a pavement. (b) One of the eight plates, rectangular, with arched tops, and richly jeweled and enameled, which make up the circuit of the imperial crown of the Byzantine empire and that of Charlemagne. See crown. Also areole .