Definition:Imperial/Area/Rood
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Definition
The rood is an imperial unit of area.
One rood is equal to an oblong measuring $1$ chain by $2 \frac 1 2$ chains.
\(\ds \) | \(\) | \(\ds 1\) | rood | |||||||||||
\(\ds \) | \(=\) | \(\ds 2 \tfrac 1 2\) | square chains | |||||||||||
\(\ds \) | \(=\) | \(\ds 40\) | \(\ds = 4 \times 10\) | square rods, poles or perches | ||||||||||
\(\ds \) | \(=\) | \(\ds 1210\) | \(\ds = 22 \times 55\) | square yards | ||||||||||
\(\ds \) | \(=\) | \(\ds 10 \, 890\) | \(\ds = 66 \times 165\) | square feet |
Sources
- 1944: Alfred E. Holbrow: Geometrical Drawing (12th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Section $\text I$. Introduction