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centare

centare

9.9
A unit of area equal to one square metre used for measuring land
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : centárea
  • Each plot is one centare in size.

Examples

  • The garden measures 50 centares.

  • The farmer reported that his field is exactly 20 centares in size.

  • Although rarely used today, the centare is equivalent to one square metre.

  • The garden occupies an area of exactly one centare.

  • The plot of land was measured to be fifty centares in size.

  • Each garden plot measures half a centare for the community project.

  • The architect designed a park with a total area of 10 centares.

Synonyms

square meter
vscentare
  • US
10 1.0

The area of a square one meter on each side

means the same area but uses an alternative metric name

Surface Forms

centare singular
centares plural

Morphology

centare = are (transparent) = cent + are + cent

The word 'centare' is transparently formed by combining 'cent' (one hundredth) and 'are' (a metric unit of area).

Etymology

Centare comes from centi- meaning 'hundredth', the same root as 'cent' and 'century', and are meaning 'area'. So a centare is a 'hundredth of an are', which is one square metre.