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Dm2 Conversions Table
Equivalent of 17 dm2 (Square decimeter): |
0.17 m2 (Square meter) |
1700 cm2 (Square centimeter) |
170000 mm2 (Square milimeter) |
1.7E-7 km2 (Square Kilometer) |
1.7E-5 Hectare |
0.0017 Are |
0.00017 Decare |
0.17 Centiare |
4.972585E-5 Arpent |
170 Barn |
1.829863 Square feet |
4.200785E-5 Acre |
0.006721273 Square perche |
6.5637E-8 Square mil |
0.2033183 Square yard |
263.50078669136 Square inch |
1.8241E-9 Canton |
2.6248E-7 Homestead |
0.000168028 Rood |
Dm2 / Rood Units Definition
dm2 (Square decimeter)
Therefore, a square decimeter (or "square decimeter" in British spelling) is one tenth of a square meter. It can also be expressed by ten square centimeters. A rough example of a decimeter could be the average surface area of some smartphone screens.
Rood
Rood is an English unit of area equal to one quarter of an acre or 10,890 square feet, exactly 1,011.7141056 m2. A rectangle that is one furlong (i.e., 10 chains, or 40 rods) in length and one rod in width is one rood in area, as is any space comprising 40 perches (a perch being one square rod).