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

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 "square measure," upon which the coinage, if I may so call it is based, following exactly the measure of length, each larger area in the ascending scale represents 144 times that below it.

From Across the Zodiac by Greg, Percy

The smiths whom I have seen working had no dividers, square, measure, or any instrument of precision.

From Navajo Silversmiths Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1880-1881, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1883, pages 167-178 by Matthews, Washington

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