yd.
abbreviation
yard; yards.
yd.
1 Americanabbreviation
YD.
2
American
abbreviation
yd
British
abbreviation
yd
Scientific
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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
Along the Mississippi near Vicksburg the War Department has contracted with 19 different companies to move 30,000,000 cu. yd. of earth for new levees at a cost of $6,000,000.
From Time Magazine Archive
On the next play, Lassiter caught the Princeton kick-off and ran 95 yd. to a touchdown.
From Time Magazine Archive
In each corner a white spot is marked 1 yd. from each boundary.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" by Various
The receiver is 20 yd down the field and 15 yd to the quarterback’s left.
From Textbooks ● Mar. 30, 2016
His receiver is standing 20 yd down the field and 15 yd to the quarterback’s left.
From Textbooks ● Mar. 30, 2016
A similar flow then swept across the road about 100 yd to the north, moving trees, rocks, and stumps.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 4, 2012
Ranger Goss, firing his pistol upside down, split a playing card at 20 yd.
From Time Magazine Archive
The foundation was 6 ins. thick and it cost as follows for materials and labor: Cost per cu. yd.
From Concrete Construction Methods and Costs by Halbert Powers Gillette
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