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語源

Borrowed from French hectare, formed from Ancient Greek ἑκατόν (hekatón, “hundred”) + are.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈhɛk.tɛə/, /ˈhɛk.tɑː/^[1][2]
  • (米国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈhɛk.tɛɹ/
  • (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈhektaː/, /ˈhektɛː/

名詞

hectare (複数形 hectares)

1. A unit of surface area (symbol ha) equal to 100 ares (that is, 10,000 square metres, one hundredth of a square kilometre, または approximately 2.5 acres), used for measuring the areas of geographical features such as land and bodies of water.
   • 2013 May 10, Audrey Garric, “Urban canopies let nature bloom”, in The Guardian Weekly‎^[3], volume 188, number 22, page 30:

     Last year 1m square metres of plant-covered roofing was built in France, as much as in the US, and 10 times more than in Germany, the pioneer in this field. In Paris 22 hectares of roof have been planted, out of a potential total of 80 hectares.

同意語

• (SI unit): (まれに) square hectometre

参考

• acre
• Not to be confused with hector.

参照

アナグラム

• cheater, rechate, recheat, reteach, teacher