Associations to the word «Hectare»

Wiktionary

HECTARE, noun. A unit of surface area (symbol ha) equal to 100 ares (that is, 10,000 square metres, one hundredth of a square kilometre, or approximately 2.5 acres), used for measuring the areas of geographical features such as land and bodies of water.

Dictionary definition

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

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats