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Square inch (in²) - Imperial/US area unit
Square inch is an Imperial/US customary unit of area equal to a square 1 inch on a side. Used for small surface areas in manufacturing, displays, and hardware specs.
- Symbol: in²
- System: Imperial/US customary
- Exact relations: 1 in² = (2.54 cm)² = 6.4516 cm² = 0.00064516 m² = 645.16 mm²
- Other relations: 1 in² = 1/144 ft² ≈ 0.006944444 ft² ≈ 0.000771605 yd²
- Typical examples: screen area, gasket/washer footprints, cross-sectional areas in inch–pound drawings
Rood (rood) - traditional land area
Rood is a historical Imperial/US customary unit of area equal to one quarter of an acre. Used in older land records, field measurements, and some property descriptions.
- Symbol: none standardized (written as “rood”)
- System: Imperial/US customary (historic)
- Exact relations: 1 rood = 1/4 acre = 40 square rods (perches) = 2.5 square chains
- Other relations: 1 rood = 1 furlong × 1 rod = 10,890 ft² = 1,210 yd²
- Metric equivalents (exact): 1 rood = 1011.7141056 m²
- Typical examples: historical parcel sizes in deeds; subdivision remnants expressed as roods and perches