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Square foot (ft²) - Imperial/US area unit
Square foot is an Imperial/US customary unit of area equal to a square 1 foot on a side. Used for floor space, building plans, and real estate listings.
- Symbol: ft²
- System: Imperial/US customary
- Exact relations: 1 ft² = (0.3048 m)² = 0.09290304 m² (exact) = 144 in²
- Other relations: 1 yd² = 9 ft²; 1 m² ≈ 10.7639104 ft²
- Typical examples: room and apartment areas, carpet/laminate coverage, HVAC load calculations
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