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AREA UNIT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A system of units used to measure areas
Synonyms:
area unit; square measure
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("area unit" is a kind of...):
unit; unit of measurement (any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "area unit"):
column inch; inch (a unit of measurement for advertising space)
agate line; line (space for one line of print (one column wide and 1/14 inch deep) used to measure advertising)
em; em quad; mutton quad (a quad with a square body)
perch; pole; rod (a square rod of land)
morgen (a South African unit of measure equal to about 2 acres)
dessiatine (a former Russian unit of area equal to 2.7 acres)
b; barn ((physics) a unit of nuclear cross section; the effective circular area that one particle presents to another as a target for an encounter)
arpent (a former French unit of area; equal approximately to an acre)
hectare ((abbreviated 'ha') a unit of surface area equal to 100 ares (or 10,000 square meters))
ar; are (a unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters)
acre (a unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries)
quarter section (a land unit equal to a quarter of a section (160 acres) and measuring 1/2 mile on a side)
square mile (an area of 640 acres)
centare; square meter; square metre (a centare is 1/100th of an are)
sq yd; square yard (a unit of area equal to one yard by one yard square)
sq ft; square foot (a unit of area equal to one foot by one foot square)
sq in; square inch (a unit of area equal to one inch by one inch square)
