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Record 1 2025-11-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metrology and Units of Measure
  • Surveying
CONT

The rod, perch, or pole... is a... and unit of length of various historical definitions. In British imperial and US customary units, it is defined as 16 1⁄2 feet, equal to exactly 1⁄320 of a mile, or 5 1⁄2 yards(a quarter of a surveyor's chain), and is exactly 5. 0292 meters. The rod is useful as a unit of length because integer multiples of it can form one acre of square measure(area). The "perfect acre" is a rectangular area of 43, 560 square feet, bounded by sides 660 feet(a furlong) long and 66 feet(a chain) wide(220 yards by 22 yards) or, equivalently, 40 rods by 4 rods. An acre is therefore 160 square rods or 10 square chains.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
  • Arpentage
CONT

En pratique, on compte 0,304 800 m pour le pied depuis le XIXe siècle [...] Cela donne un yard de trois pieds à 0,9144 m et une perche de 16 ½ pieds mesurant 5,0292 m. Une acre de 160 perches carrées couvre ainsi 4 046,8564 m [carrées].

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-07-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metrology and Units of Measure
  • Technical Surveys
  • Agricultural Economics
DEF

A definite measure of land, originally as much as a yoke of oxen could plough in a day; afterwards limited ... to a piece 40 poles long by 4 broad (= 4840 sq. yds.), or its equivalent of any shape.

OBS

Normally, it was understood to consist of thirty-two furrows of the plough, a furlong in length.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
  • Levés et relevés techniques (Arpentage)
  • Économie agricole
DEF

Mesure de surface agraire, anciennement utilisée dans certaines régions de France et encore aujourd'hui dans certains pays.

OBS

En France, la valeur moyenne de l'acre était de 52 ares; en Grande-Bretagne, elle équivaut à 4 840 yards carrés, soit 40,47 ares [ou 0,4047 hectare], de même au Canada où elle est divisée en 4 840 verges carrées.

OBS

Les sources ne s'entendent pas sur le genre du mot «acre». La plupart des grands dictionnaires français récents privilégient le féminin, alors que d'autres donnent les deux genres. Au Canada, l'usage a une préférence marquée pour le masculin, qui n'est pas à rejeter : cet emploi est attesté dans certains ouvrages canadiens, dans des dictionnaires français plus anciens, et il constitue un vestige du dialecte normand, où «acre» était du genre masculin.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Metrología y unidades de medida
  • Levantamientos técnicos
  • Economía agrícola
DEF

Medida de superficie equivalente a 4840 yardas cuadradas o a 0,405 hectáreas.

OBS

acre: término y definición extraídos del CAPITAL Business Dictionary con la autorización de LID Editorial Empresarial.

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Record 3 2004-02-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Monographs
  • Statistical Surveys
  • Human Diseases - Various
OBS

McMaster University, Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis, by Paul Grootendorst, David Feeny, William Furlong, Hamilton, Ontario, 1999, 13 pages.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de monographies
  • Sondages et enquêtes (Statistique)
  • Maladies humaines diverses
OBS

McMaster University. Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis, par Paul Grootendorst, David Feeny, William Furlong, Hamilton (Ontario), 1999.

Spanish

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Record 4 1994-05-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metrology and Units of Measure
CONT

Measurement of Length. Unit of Measurement. a) mile... b) furlong... c) rod, pole or perch... d) yard... e) foot... f) inch.... [Weights and Measures Act]

French

Domaine(s)
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
OBS

Loi citée : Loi sur les poids et mesures.

Spanish

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