| NOUN | quantity | area unit, square measure | a system of units used to measure areas |
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| Meaning | A system of units used to measure areas. | |
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| Synonym | square measure | |
| Narrower | acre | A unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries |
| agate line, line | Space for one line of print (one column wide and 1/14 inch deep) used to measure advertising | |
| are, ar | A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters | |
| arpent | A former French unit of area | |
| barn, b | (physics) a unit of nuclear cross section | |
| column inch, inch | A unit of measurement for advertising space | |
| dessiatine | A former Russian unit of area equal to 2.7 acres | |
| em, em quad, mutton quad | A quad with a square body | |
| hectare | (abbreviated 'ha') a unit of surface area equal to 100 ares (or 10,000 square meters) | |
| morgen | A South African unit of measure equal to about 2 acres | |
| perch, rod, pole | A square rod of land | |
| quarter section | A land unit equal to a quarter of a section (160 acres) and measuring 1/2 mile on a side | |
| square foot, sq ft | A unit of area equal to one foot by one foot square | |
| square inch, sq in | A unit of area equal to one inch by one inch square | |
| square meter, square metre, centare | A centare is 1/100th of an are | |
| square mile | An area of 640 acres | |
| square yard, sq yd | A unit of area equal to one yard by one yard square | |
| Broader | unit of measurement, unit | Any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange |
| Catalan | unitat mètrica de superfície | |
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