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  • yd.
    yd.
    abbreviation
    yard; yards.
  • YD.
    YD.
    abbreviation
    (in the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen) dinar; dinars.
  • yd
    yd
    abbreviation
    yard (measure)

yd.

1 American  

abbreviation

  1. yard; yards.


YD. 2 American  

abbreviation

  1. (in the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen) dinar; dinars.


yd British  

abbreviation

  1. yard (measure)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

yd Scientific  
  1. Abbreviation of yard


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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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