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[-] criitz@reddthat.com 34 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

An acre is not just a unit of area measurement but has a traditional shape or aspect ratio per acre, based on the land plots it was used for.

1 acre is traditionally 60 ft x 660 ft, also known as 1 chain by 1 furlong.

It's similar to if you said you could lay X potatoes across a football field. Yes a football field is an area but it also has a defined length.

[-] Glowstick@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

I'm no expert but i believe that's not how the term is used today. Like if a house is advertised as coming on a quarter acre of land, that says absolutely nothing about the dimensions of that land

[-] criitz@reddthat.com 5 points 10 months ago

True, I was just explaining where those numbers came from.

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