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Meaning of HECTARE

Pronunciation:  'hektehr

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  (abbreviated `ha') a unit of surface area equal to 100 ares (or 10,000 square meters)
 
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 See Also: ar, are, area unit, square measure

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Hec"tare`\, 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.
 

 

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