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

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 • Dec. 23, 2025

Cao Ying, 38, runs a 1,000 square meter facility—roughly the size of two NBA basketball courts—in Wuppertal, outside of Düsseldorf, Germany.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025

We now know modern definitions of healthy oyster habitats, which cite more than five oysters per square meter and reefs only a few meters wide, actually reflect an impoverished state.

From Salon • Jan. 6, 2025

“If you think about the life down there as measured in grams per square meter, there’s around 10 grams of biomass... and 80% of that is bacteria,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 25, 2024

The roof is 64.520 meters wide and 14.628 meters high; and its total weight is 103.300 kilos. for the ironwork—representing a weight of 31.6 kilos. per square meter of surface.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 586, March 26, 1887 by Various