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Square mile (mi²) - large land area
Square mile is an Imperial/US customary unit of area equal to a square 1 mile on a side. Used for cities, counties, and large land tracts.
- Symbol: mi²
- System: Imperial/US customary
- Exact relations: 1 mi² = (5280 ft)² = 27,878,400 ft² = 3,097,600 yd² = 640 acres
- Metric equivalents: 1 mi² = (1609.344 m)² = 2,589,988.110336 m² ≈ 2.58999 km²
- Typical examples: municipal areas, county sizes, watershed extents
Square centimeter (cm²) - small metric area
Square centimeter is a metric unit of area equal to the area of a square with sides of 1 centimeter. Used for labeling, small component footprints, and cross-sections in science and engineering.
- Symbol: cm²
- System: SI derived unit
- Exact relations: 1 cm² = (0.01 m)² = 0.0001 m² = 100 mm²; 1 m² = 10,000 cm²
- Imperial/US equivalents: 1 cm² ≈ 0.15500031 in² ≈ 0.001076391 ft²
- Typical examples: postage stamp area (~4–6 cm²); PCB pad areas; small sensor cross-sections