"hectad" meaning in English

See hectad in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈhɛktæd/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-hectad.wav [Southern-England] Forms: hectads [plural]
Etymology: hect- + -ad. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|hect|ad}} hect- + -ad Head templates: {{en-noun}} hectad (plural hectads)
  1. (biology, cartography) A unit of land area, ten by ten (that is, a hundred) square kilometres, often used for assessing how widely distributed particular animals or plants are. Categories (topical): Biology, Cartography, Hundred

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