arena

6 definitions found

arena - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Any place of public contest or exertion; any sphere of
        action; as, the arenaof debate; the arena of life.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. (Med.) "Sand" or "gravel" in the kidneys.
        [1913 Webster]

arena - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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, arena]
      2: the central area of an ancient Roman amphitheater where
         contests and spectacles were held; especially an area that
         was strewn with sand
      3: a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments [syn:
         stadium, bowl, arena, sports stadium]
      4: a playing field where sports events take place [syn: arena,
         scene of action]

arena - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  arena
  
     <programming> 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)
  

arena - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  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
     .
  

arena - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  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

arena - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  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