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hec·tare

[hek-tair] Pronunciation Key

–noun

a unit of surface, or land, measure equal to 100 ares, or 10,000 square meters: equivalent to 2.471 acres. Abbreviation: ha

Also, hektare.

[Origin: 1800–10; < F; see hect-, are²

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hec·tare (hěk'târ') Pronunciation Key
n. Abbr. ha
A metric unit of area equal to 100 ares (2.471 acres). See Table at measurement.

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hectare

1810, from Fr. hectare "a hundred ares," formed from Gk. hekaton "hundred" (see hecatomb) + L. area "vacant piece of ground." A superficial measure containing 100 ares, coined by decree of the French National Convention in 1795.

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

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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.

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