noun
- Plural of centiare; units of area equal to one square meter, used in the metric system.
Usage: metric unit; technical/scientific context; rarely used in everyday English
Examples
- The land survey measured the property in centiares for the official record.
- One hectare equals 10,000 centiares.
- The metric system defines the centiare as a unit of area measurement.
- Agricultural plots in some countries are still recorded in centiares.