Hectare

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hectare \Hec"tare`\, n. [F., fr. Gr. ? hundred + F. are an are.]
     A measure of area, or superficies, containing a hundred ares,
     or 10,000 square meters, and equivalent to 2.471 acres.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  hectare
       n : (abbreviated `ha') a unit of surface area equal to 100 ares
           (or 10,000 square meters)