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
\(\ds \) \(=\) \(\ds 40\) square rods, poles or perches
\(\ds \) \(=\) \(\ds 1210\) square yards
\(\ds \) \(=\) \(\ds 10 \, 890\) square feet
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