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Cuerda (PR) - regional land area
Cuerda is a regional land-area unit used officially in Puerto Rico, defined by law as exactly 3,930.395625 square meters. Used in real estate, agriculture, and land records across Puerto Rico; historical values elsewhere vary by country and era.
- Names/aliases: cuerda, cuerdas (plural)
- System: Regional (Puerto Rico; non-SI, accepted alongside SI)
- Exact (Puerto Rico): 1 cuerda = 3,930.395625 m² = 0.3930395625 ha
- Imperial/US equivalents: 1 cuerda ≈ 0.97122191 acres ≈ 42,306.4263 ft²
- Typical examples: parcel sizes, farm plots, zoning and cadastral documents in Puerto Rico
Square decimeter (dm²) - small metric area
Square decimeter is a metric unit of area equal to the area of a square with sides of 1 decimeter (0.1 meter). Used for small surface areas in product labeling, tiling, and heat-flux specifications.
- Symbol: dm²
- System: SI derived unit
- Exact relations: 1 dm² = (0.1 m)² = 0.01 m² = 100 cm² = 10,000 mm²
- Imperial/US equivalents: 1 dm² ≈ 0.107639 ft² ≈ 0.011959 yd² ≈ 15.5000 in²
- Typical examples: a 10 cm × 10 cm tile = 1 dm²; packaging surface area; heat flux quoted in W/dm²