Hectare - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Hectare :  (noun)

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

Based on WordNet 2.0

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.

Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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