Lexicographical Neighbors of Dekare
Literary usage of Dekare
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Encyclopaedia of Ships and Shipping by Herbert B. Mason (1908)
"=1 dekare. i gall. (4 quarts) i peck (2 galls.) ... i bushel (8 galls.) i quarter (8
bushels) =i hectare. The are= ico square metres. Measure of Volume. ..."
2. The Normal Standard Arithmetic: By Analysis and Induction : Designed for by Edward Brooks (1895)
"10 Ares =1 dekare, Dt = .24714 A. 10 ... is not a square—it is merely the tenth
of an are ; the dekare is not a square—it is merely ten ares. ..."
3. Rural Affairs by John Jacob Thomas (1881)
"The are increases and decreases, of course, by hundreds and hundredths, (the
square of ten and one-tenth,) so that we have no dekare, but only the hectare ..."
4. The American Indian (Uh-nish-in-na-ba) by Elijah Middlebrook Haines (1888)
"(See Dekorra). DECORAH. Name of a town in Iowa. (See Dekorra). DEKORRA, (Winnebago
dialect), believed to be the same as dekare or Decare. ..."
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