surveyor's measure

surveyor's measure
noun
: a system of measurement having the surveyor's chain as a unit and used in land surveying — compare chain 1c(1)

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a system of units of length used in surveying land, based on the surveyor's chain of 66 ft. (20.12 m) and its 100 links of 7.92 in. (20.12 cm).

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surveyor's measure,
a system of measuring used by surveyors. In the United States, the unit is usually a chain 66 ft., or 20.1168 meters, long with links 7.92 in., or 20.1168 centimeters, long.
▪1 square link = ▪62.73 square inches or 404.709 square centimeters
▪625 square links = ▪1 square pole or 25.2920 square meters
▪16 square poles = ▪1 square chain or 404.6724 square meters
▪10 square chains = ▪1 acre or 0.4047 hectare
▪640 acres = ▪1 section or 1 square mile or 2.5899 square kilometers
▪36 sections = ▪1 township or 93.2364 square kilometers
sur|view «SUR VYOO», noun.
Archaic. a view, especially a mental view, of something; survey.
╂[< Old French surveue < sourveeir; see etym. under survey (Cf. ↑survey)]

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