The square metre (International spelling as used by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures) or square meter (American spelling) is the SI derived unit of area, with symbol m2 (33A1 in Unicode). It is the area of a square whose sides measure exactly one metre. The square metre is derived from the SI base unit of the metre, which itself is defined as the length of the path travelled by light in absolute vacuum during a time interval of 1/299 792 458 of a second.
| Definition | Relation to SI units |
|---|---|
≡ 1 m × 1 m |
| millibarn | board | section | attobarn | hide | zeptobarn | square chain (international) | barn |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1.2916692500052 × 10-29 | 3.8610215854245 × 10-38 | 1.0 × 1015 | 2.0 × 10-37 | 1.0 × 1018 | 2.4710538146717 × 10-34 | 0.001 |
| 7.74192 × 1028 | 1 | 2.9891720232629 × 10-9 | 7.74192 × 1043 | 1.548384 × 10-8 | 7.74192 × 1046 | 1.9130700948883 × 10-5 | 7.74192 × 1025 |
| 2.589988110336 × 1037 | 334 540 800 | 1 | 2.589988110336 × 1052 | 5.1799762 | 2.589988110336 × 1055 | 6 400 | 2.589988110336 × 1034 |
| 1.0 × 10-15 | 1.2916692500052 × 10-44 | 3.8610215854245 × 10-53 | 1 | 2.0 × 10-52 | 1 000 | 2.4710538146717 × 10-49 | 1.0 × 10-18 |
| 5.0 × 1036 | 64,583,462.500258 | 0.1930511 | 5.0 × 1051 | 1 | 5.0 × 1054 | 1,235.5269073 | 5.0 × 1033 |
| 1.0 × 10-18 | 1.2916692500052 × 10-47 | 3.8610215854245 × 10-56 | 0.001 | 2.0 × 10-55 | 1 | 2.4710538146717 × 10-52 | 1.0 × 10-21 |
| 4.0468564224 × 1033 | 52 272 | 0.0001563 | 4.0468564224 × 1048 | 0.0008094 | 4.0468564224 × 1051 | 1 | 4.0468564224 × 1030 |
| 1 000 | 1.2916692500052 × 10-26 | 3.8610215854245 × 10-35 | 1.0 × 1018 | 2.0 × 10-34 | 1.0 × 1021 | 2.4710538146717 × 10-31 | 1 |
| Symbol | Definition |
|---|---|
| ≡ | 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 …) |
| 1 square meters | = 1 square meters |
| 2 square meters | = 2 square meters |
| 3 square meters | = 3 square meters |
| 4 square meters | = 4 square meters |
| 5 square meters | = 5 square meters |