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quadrameter question
Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2007 8:41 pm
by dacflyer
does anyone know how many quadrameters are in a acre ? or vice versa
been trying to help a friend, guesstimate a distance question for a project.
cannot seem to find anything on google..
i do know a quadrameter is 10,000 M²
but other than that i am lost..
thanks.
Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2007 9:13 pm
by Bob Scott
I use the "convert" program free from:
http://joshmadison.com/software/convert/
1 acre = 4046.825 M² therefore 1 acre = 0.4046825 "quadrameter".
Cheers, Bob
Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2007 7:16 pm
by jwax
"quadrameter"? Are you kidding? Where did that unit come from?
Got any references?
Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 12:22 am
by Bob Scott
Looks like quadrameter is the german word for square meter.
I dug up this German table:
Flächeneinheiten — Umrechnungsfaktoren:
SYMBOL..........EINHEIT.....................UMRECHNUNGSFAKTOR
cm2................Quadratzentimeter..... 1 cm2 = 0,0001 m2 = 100 mm2 = 0,1550 in.2
in.2.................Quadratzoll................1 in.2 = 6,451 6 cm2 = 645,162 6 mm2
.......................................................1 in.2 = 6,415 6 x 10-4 Quadrameter (m2)
m2..................Quadratmeter............1m2 = 10,000 Quadratzentimeter (cm2)
.......................................................1m2 = 1,550.0031 Quadratzoll (in.2)
Otherwise it has apoetic use as "iambic quadrameter".
So it does not mean 10,000 M^2
Bob
Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 8:37 am
by Externet
IF you call a quadrameter=10,000 m² ; the correct name is Hectare.
10000 m² = 1 hectare = 2.47 acres
And the word "quadratzmeter" should mean squaremetre = m²
Miguel
Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 8:38 am
by dacflyer
thanks guys....
and yes my buddy is in Austria..they share the German language except for a few differences in words.
Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 11:30 am
by jwax
Oh. That quadratzmeter!
How many farthingdales is that? Or oxgangs? Or jeribs?
Funny how many units of measure there is around the world. I got those from
http://www.onlineconversion.com/area.htm