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Hectare definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

HEC'TARE, n. [Gr. a hundred, and L. area.] A French measure containing a hundred ares, or ten thousand square meters.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: (abbreviated `ha') a unit of surface area equal to 100 ares (or 10,000 square meters)

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: French, from hect- + are ²are Date: 1810 — see metric system table

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. a metric unit of square measure, equal to 100 ares (2.471 acres or 10,000 square metres). Derivatives: hectarage n. Etymology: F (as HECTO-, ARE(2))

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Hectare 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(hectares) A hectare is a measurement of an area of land which is equal to 10,000 square metres, or 2.471 acres. N-COUNT: usu num N