hectare
Americannoun
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hectares
plural
noun
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Etymology
Origin of hectare
From French, dating back to 1800–10; see origin at hect-, are 2
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As a result, Barbera d'Asti producers have decided to limit volumes of the variety collected this year from nine tonnes to 8.5 tonnes per hectare.
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026
Multiplying that figure by 100 is how farmers estimate mice populations, which means there were at least 3,000 to 4,000 burrows per hectare.
From BBC ● May 30, 2026
Over 13 years, the site accumulated about 1,194 tonnes of carbon, which equals 10.1 tonnes of CO2 per hectare each year.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 22, 2026
More than 95 percent of its 30,000 members own less than a hectare of land.
From Barron's ● Feb. 18, 2026
Cereal crops have the virtues of being fast growing, high in carbohydrates, and yielding up to a ton of edible food per hectare cultivated.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
Fires in Indonesia burned through over 1.9 million hectares between January and the end of September this year, a monitor analysing satellite imagery said on Monday.
From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026
The fires have burned through hundreds of thousands of hectares in Indonesia and caused air pollution spikes in Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines and East Timor, where schools closed this week due to the haze.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
Seven million hectares of forest -- roughly the size of the Republic of Ireland -- were permanently destroyed in 2025, a 15-percent drop from the previous year, according to the annual Forest Declaration Assessment.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
According to independent forest monitoring platform Nusantara Atlas, 1,043,377 wildfire hotspots have been recorded in Indonesia, burning a total of 900,000 hectares of land.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
The buildings of the Hounslow Feely Studio covered seven and a half hectares.
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
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