Square yard

The square yard (Northern India: gaj) is an imperial unit of area, formerly used in most of the English-speaking world but now generally replaced by the square metre, however it is still in widespread use in the U.S., Canada and the U.K. It is defined as the area of a square with sides of one yard (three feet, thirty-six inches, 0.9144 metres) in length.

Symbols

There is no universally agreed symbol but the following are used:

  • square yards, square yard, square yds, square yd
  • sq yards, sq yard, sq yds, sq yd, sq.yd.
  • yards/-2, yard/-2, yds/-2, yd/-2
  • yards^2, yard^2, yds^2, yd^2
  • yards², yard², yds², yd²
  • (Canada has converted to the metric system for most purposes (in the 1970s) with some use of non-metric units and standards remaining in some sectors of the Canadian economy. This is mainly due to historical ties with the United Kingdom, the traditional use of the imperial system of measurement in Canada, and close proximity to the United States).

    Conversions

    One square yard is equivalent to:

    Yard

    The yard (abbreviation: yd) is an English unit of length, in both the British imperial and US customary systems of measurement, that comprises 3 feet or 36 inches. It is by international agreement in 1959 standardized as exactly 0.9144 meters. A metal yardstick originally formed the physical standard from which all other units of length were officially derived in both English systems.

    In the 19th and 20th centuries, increasingly powerful microscopes and scientific measurement detected variation in these prototype yards which became significant as technology improved. In 1959, the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa agreed to adopt the Canadian compromise value of 0.9144 meters per yard.

    The term yard is also sometimes used for translating related lengths in other systems.

    Name

    The name derives from the Old English gerd, gyrd, &c., which was used for branches, staves, and measuring rods. It is first attested in the late-7th century laws of Ine of Wessex, where the "yard of land" mentioned is the yardland, an old English unit of tax assessment equal to 14 hide. Around the same time, the Lindisfarne Gospel's account of the messengers from John the Baptist in the Book of Matthew used it for a branch swayed by the wind. In addition to the yardland, Old and Middle English both used their forms of "yard" to denote the surveying lengths of 15 or 16 12 ft used in computing acres, a distance now usually known as the "rod".

    22 Yards

    22 Yards is a 2014 Bollywood movie that is yet to be released. The film is directed by sports journalist Mitali Ghoshal. She's a newbie director .

    Plot

    22 Yards is a story of a sports agent and a cricketer, where both make a comeback with each other's help. The film is based on cricket and Barun is playing a cricket agent who manages everything about the game, from the stakes to how the game works.

    External links

  • "Heroine for 22 Yards". Times Of India. Retrieved 13 August 2013. 

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