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square meter

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noun

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


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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 Feb. 27, 2026

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 may describe it in terms of location, of square meter size, of roof type or various other characteristics.

From Salon Jan. 19, 2025

Golden mussel takeovers in other countries have shown that the species can grow in clumps or colonies containing as many as 80,000 to 200,000 organisms per square meter.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 2, 2024

The zinc is obtained in standard size, and is the so-called 9-ounce zinc, or 0.7 pound to the square foot, or 3.5 kilograms to the square meter.

From Respiration Calorimeters for Studying the Respiratory Exchange and Energy Transformations of Man by Francis Gano Benedict

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