hectare
or hek·tare
a unit of surface, or land, measure equal to 100 ares, or 10,000 square meters: equivalent to 2.471 acres. Abbreviation: ha
Origin of hectare
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How to use hectare in a sentence
It has been estimated that the labour of 19.8 persons (200 per hectare) is needed for a tambu of mulberry field.
The Foundations of Japan | J.W. Robertson ScottAnd land so employed is very often let on leases of three, six, or nine years, at thirty-five pounds a hectare.
France and the Republic | William Henry HurlbertThe sale was to be effected at the figure of 10 francs per hectare—about 3s.
The Argentine in the Twentieth Century | Albert B. MartinezThe ordinary unit of land area is the hectare (about 2-1/2 acres).
Soap-Making Manual | E. G. ThomssenLinant Bey computed that twenty-nine cubic mètres per day sufficed to irrigate a hectare in the Delta.
Man and Nature | George P. Marsh
British Dictionary definitions for hectare
/ (ˈhɛktɑː) /
one hundred ares. 1 hectare is equivalent to 10 000 square metres or 2.471 acres: Symbol: ha
Origin of hectare
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