illustration Hectare

Hectare

[HEK-tair]

Part of speech: noun

Origin: French, 19th century

1.

A metric unit of square measure, equal to 100 ares (which equals 2.471 acres or 10,000 square meters).

Examples of Hectare in a sentence

"A hectare is equivalent to two U.S. football fields aligned vertically."

"Along with the house, Megan inherited an operating 3-hectare beet farm."

illustration Hectare

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