hectare

«hectare» in Mova's school dictionary: A metric unit of area equal to 10,000 square metres, the… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a hectare, hectares)

meaning for a pupil

(maths) A metric unit of area equal to 10,000 square metres, the size of a square 100 metres by 100 metres; symbol ha. tree →

sense in the lessons

In maths problems on area and measures, and in geography for farms, forests and parks. A hectare is a bit larger than a football pitch. Phrases: per hectare, hectares of land.

examples

• A hectare is a square 100 metres on each side. tree →
• The farm covers 50 hectares. tree →
• A football pitch is about three quarters of a hectare. tree →
• The forest fire burned 2,000 hectares. tree →
• How many square metres are in 3 hectares? 30,000. tree →
• The farmer grows 8 tonnes of wheat per hectare. tree →

note

For the numbers: 1 hectare = 10,000 m²; 100 hectares = 1 km²; 1 hectare is about 2.47 acres. Symbol ha. Plural hectares. Say HEK-tair.

In the corpora

• The seven letters of TEACHER also make CHEATER and HECTARE, and shorter words such as cheat, reach, each and heart.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «hectare» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.