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hide | 5.1799762 hide | 10.3599524 hide | 15.5399287 hide | 20.7199049 hide | 25.8998811 hide | 31.0798573 hide | 36.2598335 hide | 41.4398098 hide | 46.6197860 hide | 51.7997622 hide | 56.9797384 hide | 62.1597146 hide | 67.3396909 hide | 72.5196671 hide | 77.6996433 hide | 82.8796195 hide | 88.0595958 hide | 93.2395720 hide | 98.4195482 hide | 103.5995244 hide | 108.7795006 hide | 113.9594769 hide | 119.1394531 hide | 124.3194293 hide | 129.4994055 hide | 134.6793817 hide | 139.8593580 hide | 145.0393342 hide | 150.2193104 hide | 155.3992866 hide | 160.5792628 hide | 165.7592391 hide | 170.9392153 hide | 176.1191915 hide | 181.2991677 hide | 186.4791439 hide | 191.6591202 hide | 196.8390964 hide | 202.0190726 hide | 207.1990488 hide | 212.3790250 hide | 217.5590013 hide | 222.7389775 hide | 227.9189537 hide | 233.0989299 hide | 238.2789062 hide | 243.4588824 hide | 248.6388586 hide | 253.8188348 hide | 258.9988110 hide | 264.1787873 hide | 269.3587635 hide | 274.5387397 hide | 279.7187159 hide | 284.8986921 hide | 290.0786684 hide | 295.2586446 hide | 300.4386208 hide | 305.6185970 hide | 310.7985732 hide | 315.9785495 hide | 321.1585257 hide | 326.3385019 hide | 331.5184781 hide | 336.6984543 hide | 341.8784306 hide | 347.0584068 hide | 352.2383830 hide | 357.4183592 hide | 362.5983354 hide | 367.7783117 hide | 372.9582879 hide | 378.1382641 hide | 383.3182403 hide | 388.4982166 hide | 393.6781928 hide | 398.8581690 hide | 404.0381452 hide | 409.2181214 hide | 414.3980977 hide | 419.5780739 hide | 424.7580501 hide | 429.9380263 hide | 435.1180025 hide | 440.2979788 hide | 445.4779550 hide | 450.6579312 hide | 455.8379074 hide | 461.0178836 hide | 466.1978599 hide | 471.3778361 hide | 476.5578123 hide | 481.7377885 hide | 486.9177647 hide | 492.0977410 hide | 497.2777172 hide | 502.4576934 hide | 507.6376696 hide | 512.8176458 hide | 517.9976221 hide |
a section is an area nominally one square mile (2.6 square kilometers), containing 640 acres (260 hectares), with 36 sections making up one survey township on a rectangular grid.
Name of unit | Symbol | Definition | Relation to SI units | Unit System |
---|---|---|---|---|
section | ≡ 1 mi × 1 mi | = 2.589988110336×106 m2 | Imperial/US |
sections | hides | sections | hides |
---|---|---|---|
1 | = 5.179976220672 | 6 | = 31.079857324032 |
2 | = 10.359952441344 | 7 | = 36.259833544704 |
3 | = 15.539928662016 | 8 | = 41.439809765376 |
4 | = 20.719904882688 | 9 | = 46.619785986048 |
5 | = 25.89988110336 | 10 | = 51.79976220672 |
The hide was an English unit of land measurement originally intended to represent the amount of land sufficient to support a household.
Name of unit | Symbol | Definition | Relation to SI units | Unit System |
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hide | ≈ 120 ac (variable) | ≈ 5×105 m2 | Other |
hides | sections | hides | sections |
---|---|---|---|
1 | = 0.19305107927122 | 6 | = 1.1583064756273 |
2 | = 0.38610215854245 | 7 | = 1.3513575548986 |
3 | = 0.57915323781367 | 8 | = 1.5444086341698 |
4 | = 0.77220431708489 | 9 | = 1.737459713441 |
5 | = 0.96525539635611 | 10 | = 1.9305107927122 |
sections | hides |
---|---|
1 | = 5.1799762 |
0.1930511 | = 1 |
Symbol | Definition |
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≡ | exactly equal |
≈ | approximately equal to |
= | equal to |
digits | indicates that digits repeat infinitely (e.g. 8.294 369 corresponds to 8.294 369 369 369 369 …) |