section | 1 section | 2 section | 3 section | 4 section | 5 section | 6 section | 7 section | 8 section | 9 section | 10 section | 11 section | 12 section | 13 section | 14 section | 15 section | 16 section | 17 section | 18 section | 19 section | 20 section | 21 section | 22 section | 23 section | 24 section | 25 section | 26 section | 27 section | 28 section | 29 section | 30 section | 31 section | 32 section | 33 section | 34 section | 35 section | 36 section | 37 section | 38 section | 39 section | 40 section | 41 section | 42 section | 43 section | 44 section | 45 section | 46 section | 47 section | 48 section | 49 section | 50 section | 51 section | 52 section | 53 section | 54 section | 55 section | 56 section | 57 section | 58 section | 59 section | 60 section | 61 section | 62 section | 63 section | 64 section | 65 section | 66 section | 67 section | 68 section | 69 section | 70 section | 71 section | 72 section | 73 section | 74 section | 75 section | 76 section | 77 section | 78 section | 79 section | 80 section | 81 section | 82 section | 83 section | 84 section | 85 section | 86 section | 87 section | 88 section | 89 section | 90 section | 91 section | 92 section | 93 section | 94 section | 95 section | 96 section | 97 section | 98 section | 99 section | 100 section |
yardland | 21.5832343 yardland | 43.1664685 yardland | 64.7497028 yardland | 86.3329370 yardland | 107.9161713 yardland | 129.4994055 yardland | 151.0826398 yardland | 172.6658740 yardland | 194.2491083 yardland | 215.8323425 yardland | 237.4155768 yardland | 258.9988110 yardland | 280.5820453 yardland | 302.1652795 yardland | 323.7485138 yardland | 345.3317480 yardland | 366.9149823 yardland | 388.4982166 yardland | 410.0814508 yardland | 431.6646851 yardland | 453.2479193 yardland | 474.8311536 yardland | 496.4143878 yardland | 517.9976221 yardland | 539.5808563 yardland | 561.1640906 yardland | 582.7473248 yardland | 604.3305591 yardland | 625.9137933 yardland | 647.4970276 yardland | 669.0802618 yardland | 690.6634961 yardland | 712.2467303 yardland | 733.8299646 yardland | 755.4131988 yardland | 776.9964331 yardland | 798.5796674 yardland | 820.1629016 yardland | 841.7461359 yardland | 863.3293701 yardland | 884.9126044 yardland | 906.4958386 yardland | 928.0790729 yardland | 949.6623071 yardland | 971.2455414 yardland | 992.8287756 yardland | 1,014.4120099 yardland | 1,035.9952441 yardland | 1,057.5784784 yardland | 1,079.1617126 yardland | 1,100.7449469 yardland | 1,122.3281811 yardland | 1,143.9114154 yardland | 1,165.4946497 yardland | 1,187.0778839 yardland | 1,208.6611182 yardland | 1,230.2443524 yardland | 1,251.8275867 yardland | 1,273.4108209 yardland | 1,294.9940552 yardland | 1,316.5772894 yardland | 1,338.1605237 yardland | 1,359.7437579 yardland | 1,381.3269922 yardland | 1,402.9102264 yardland | 1,424.4934607 yardland | 1,446.0766949 yardland | 1,467.6599292 yardland | 1,489.2431634 yardland | 1,510.8263977 yardland | 1,532.4096319 yardland | 1,553.9928662 yardland | 1,575.5761005 yardland | 1,597.1593347 yardland | 1,618.7425690 yardland | 1,640.3258032 yardland | 1,661.9090375 yardland | 1,683.4922717 yardland | 1,705.0755060 yardland | 1,726.6587402 yardland | 1,748.2419745 yardland | 1,769.8252087 yardland | 1,791.4084430 yardland | 1,812.9916772 yardland | 1,834.5749115 yardland | 1,856.1581457 yardland | 1,877.7413800 yardland | 1,899.3246142 yardland | 1,920.9078485 yardland | 1,942.4910828 yardland | 1,964.0743170 yardland | 1,985.6575513 yardland | 2,007.2407855 yardland | 2,028.8240198 yardland | 2,050.4072540 yardland | 2,071.9904883 yardland | 2,093.5737225 yardland | 2,115.1569568 yardland | 2,136.7401910 yardland | 2,158.3234253 yardland |
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 |
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section | ≡ 1 mi × 1 mi | = 2.589988110336×106 m2 | Imperial/US |
sections | yardlands | sections | yardlands |
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1 | = 21.5832342528 | 6 | = 129.4994055168 |
2 | = 43.1664685056 | 7 | = 151.0826397696 |
3 | = 64.7497027584 | 8 | = 172.6658740224 |
4 | = 86.3329370112 | 9 | = 194.2491082752 |
5 | = 107.916171264 | 10 | = 215.832342528 |
The virgate, yardland, or yard of land (Latin: virgāta [terrae]) was an English unit of land. Primarily a measure of tax assessment rather than area, the virgate was usually (but not always) reckoned as 1⁄4 hide and notionally (but seldom exactly) equal to 30 acres. It was equivalent to two of the Danelaw's oxgangs.
Name of unit | Symbol | Definition | Relation to SI units | Unit System |
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yardland | ≈ 30 ac | ≈ 1.2×105 m2 | Other |
yardlands | sections | yardlands | sections |
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1 | = 0.046332259025093 | 6 | = 0.27799355415056 |
2 | = 0.092664518050187 | 7 | = 0.32432581317565 |
3 | = 0.13899677707528 | 8 | = 0.37065807220075 |
4 | = 0.18532903610037 | 9 | = 0.41699033122584 |
5 | = 0.23166129512547 | 10 | = 0.46332259025093 |
sections | yardlands |
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1 | = 21.5832343 |
0.0463323 | = 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 …) |