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."
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