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The rod is useful as a unit of length because integer multiples of it can form one acre of square measure (area). The 'perfect acre' [2] is a rectangular area of 43,560 square feet, bounded by sides 660 feet (a furlong) long and 66 feet (a chain) wide (220 yards by 22 yards) or, equivalently, 40 rods by 4 rods. An acre is therefore 160 square ...
Rood is an English unit of area equal to one quarter of an acre [2] or 10,890 square feet, exactly 1,011.7141056 m 2. A rectangle that is one furlong (i.e., 10 chains, or 40 rods) in length and one rod in width is one rood in area, as is any space comprising 40 perches (a perch being one square rod).
An acre was 4 rods × 40 rods, i.e. 160 square rods or 36,000 square Anglo-Saxon feet. However, Roman units continued to be used in the construction crafts, and reckoning by the Roman mile of 5,000 feet (or 8 stades ) continued, in contrast to other Germanic countries which adopted the name "mile" for a longer native length closer to the league ...
The surveying perch measured 22 French feet. In French North America, it was also equal to 25 square perches, but the royal perch of 18 feet was used, yielding a vergée of 8100 square feet (854.7 m 2) In Guernsey, a vergée (Guernésiais: vergie) is 17,640 square feet (1,639 m 2). It is 40 (square) Guernsey perches.
{{convert|1.2|km2|acre sqyd ha}} → 1.2 square kilometres (300 acres; 1,400,000 sq yd; 120 ha) {{convert|1.2|km2|acre+sqyd+ha}} → 1.2 square kilometres (300 acres; 1,400,000 sq yd; 120 ha) In the following, because "board feet" contains a space, using a space to make a combination fails. {{convert|123|cuyd|m3 board feet}} → 123 cubic yards ...
Explanation system unit unit-code symbol or abbrev. notes sample default conversion combination output units the system(s) to which the unit belongs
Area; system unit code (alternative) QID symbol or abbrev. notes sample default conversion combinations SI: square kilometre: km2 Q712226: km 2: US spelling: square kilometer 1.0 km 2 (0.39 sq mi)
Perch – most commonly a unit of area, but sometimes a unit of length or volume; Pièze – a unit of pressure; Quibi – a unit of time equal to 10 minutes. First used in Quibi's own Super Bowl LIII advertising campaign, this word saw small amounts of ironic adoption. Rood – a unit of area or length