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  2. Square metre - Wikipedia

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    The square metre (international spelling as used by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures) or square meter (American spelling) is the unit of area in the International System of Units (SI) with symbol m2. [1] It is the area of a square with sides one metre in length. Adding and subtracting SI prefixes creates multiples and ...

  3. Foot (unit) - Wikipedia

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    0.3048 m. 30.48 cm. 304.8 mm. The foot (standard symbol: ft) [1][2] is a unit of length in the British imperial and United States customary systems of measurement. The prime symbol, ′, is commonly used to represent the foot. [3] In both customary and imperial units, one foot comprises 12 inches, and one yard comprises three feet.

  4. Square foot - Wikipedia

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    Comparison of 1 square foot with some Imperial and metric units of area. The square foot (pl. square feet; abbreviated sq ft, sf, or ft 2; also denoted by ' 2 and ⏍) is an imperial unit and U.S. customary unit (non-SI, non-metric) of area, used mainly in the United States and partially in Canada, the United Kingdom, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Ghana, Liberia, Malaysia, Myanmar ...

  5. Square (unit) - Wikipedia

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    square metre. 9.29030. The square is an Imperial unit of area that is used in the construction industry in the United States and Canada, [1] and was historically used in Australia. One square is equal to 100 square feet. Examples where the unit is used are roofing shingles, metal roofing, vinyl siding, and fibercement siding products.

  6. List of largest buildings - Wikipedia

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    114,535 m 2 (1,232,840 sq ft) 1.15 million m 3 (40.612 million cu ft) Largest exhibition ground in the world with 27 halls. Halls 1–2 and 10–27 are in separate adjacent buildings. National Exhibition Centre (Halls 1–5) United Kingdom: Solihull, West Midlands: 186,000 m 2 (2,000,000 sq ft) 1.14 million m 3 (40.259 million cu ft) Large ...

  7. League (unit) - Wikipedia

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    From 1630 to 1718 a millia was 5,564 feet (1,696 metres), making a geographical league of four millias equal 22,256 feet (6,784 m or 3.663 modern nautical miles). But from 1718 through the 1830s the millia was defined as the equivalent of just over 5,210 feet, giving a shorter geographical league of just over 20,842 feet (6,353 m or 3.430 ...

  8. City block - Wikipedia

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    In Chicago, a typical city block is 330 by 660 feet (100 m × 200 m), [2] meaning that 16 east-west blocks or 8 north-south blocks measure one mile, which has been adopted by other US cities. In much of the United States and Canada, the addresses follow a block and lot number system , in which each block of a street is allotted 100 building ...

  9. Olympic-size swimming pool - Wikipedia

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    2 m (6 ft 7 in) minimum, 3 m (9 ft 10 in) recommended when using the pool for multi discipline. [3] Number of lanes: 10 Lane width: 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in) Water temperature: 25–28 °C (77–82 °F) Light intensity: minimum 1500 lux (140 footcandles) Volume: 2,500,000 L (2,500 m 3; 660,000 US gal), assuming a nominal depth of 2 m. About 2 acre-feet.