square meter

American  

noun

1. a unit of area measurement equal to a square measuring one meter on each side. m 2 , sq. m

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Example Sentences

After a year of testing at night, the researchers found that the compact device could generate at least 400 milliwatts of mechanical power per square meter.

From Science Daily

At the heart of this network sits Google, which occupies no fewer than six buildings spanning several hundred thousand square meters.

From Barron's

In our conversation, he turns to her, “You just gave me permission to exist nowhere else except within the one square meter of where we were sitting.”

From Los Angeles Times

That pattern changed with the identification of a newly studied site where scientists documented more than 100 vertebrate fossils per square meter, including large dinosaur bones lying almost directly on top of one another.

From Science Daily

The Public Defender’s Office said its team found that living space for 90% of Palestinian prisoners is below three square meters.

From The Wall Street Journal