yd.
abbreviation
yard; yards.
yd.
1 Americanabbreviation
YD.
2
American
abbreviation
yd
British
abbreviation
yd
Scientific
Example Sentences
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The plaza is a square with side length 100 yd. as shown in the figure below.
From Textbooks • Feb. 13, 2015
Quarterback Denard Robinson is the classic college double threat — last season, he threw for 2,570 yd. and rushed for another 1,702.
From Time • Sep. 2, 2011
Of the 27 records Flanagan had made ten for distances from 300 yd. to 1,650 yd.
From Time Magazine Archive
Expecting long forward passes, they were surprised in the second period when a Tennessee halfback named Beatty Feathers ran 65 yd. for a touchdown.
From Time Magazine Archive
During the summers of 1907 and 1908, a 10‑in. hydraulic dredge removed more than 100,000 cu. yd. of mud which had been deposited in this reservoir.
From Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXXII, June, 1911 Water Purification Plant, Washington, D. C. Results of Operation. by Hardy, E. D.
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