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hectare

Noun

hec=tare

WORDNET DICTIONARY

hectare(n = noun.quantity) Array - (abbreviated `ha') a unit of surface area equal to 100 ares (or 10,000 square meters); Array

has parts: ar, are

hectare, n. [F., fr. Gr. hundred + F. are an are.].

A measure of area, or superficies, containing a hundred ares, or 10,000 square meters, and equivalent to 2.471 acres. [1913 Webster]

hectare, n. a metric unit of square measure, equal to 100 ares (2.471 acres or 10,000 square metres).

Derivative

hectarage n.

Etymology

F (as HECTO-, ARE(2))

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