square measure

American  

noun

1. a system of units for the measurement of surfaces or areas.

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square measure British  

noun

1. a unit or system of units for measuring areas

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Etymology

Origin of square measure

First recorded in 1720–30

Example Sentences

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square measure

The root of life was the cube root; the measure of existence was square measure.

From The Voice of the City: Further Stories of the Four Million by Henry, O.

Knowledge of the metric system for linear and square measure would perhaps, as an introduction to decimal fractions, more than save the time spent to learn it.

From The Psychology of Arithmetic by Thorndike, Edward L. (Edward Lee)

We may add this is better than selling by square measure.

From The Galaxy Vol. 23, No. 1 by Various

The Academy dictionary gives mojoda as a square measure, deriving it from the low Latin modiata from modius.

From The Northmen, Columbus and Cabot, 985-1503 by Olson, Julius E.

The unit adopted for square measure was the are, equal to 100 square meters; for solid measure, the stère, equal to one cubic meter; and for measure of capacity, the litre, a cubic decimeter.

From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 437 Volume 17, New Series, May 15, 1852 by Chambers, William