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单词 quarter section
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quarter section


quarter section

n. A land unit equal to a quarter of a section and measuring half of a mile on a side.

quarter section

n (Units) US and Canadian a land measure, used in surveying, with sides half a mile long; 160 acres

quar′ter sec′tion



n. (in surveying and homesteading) a square tract of land, half a mile on each side, thus containing ¼ sq. mi. or 160 acres. Abbr.: q.s. [1795–1805, Amer.]

Quarter Section

A square block of land of onehalf mile along each side, containing 160 acres and, unless being used only as a unit of area measurement, located so that it was one of four equal-size portions of a section.
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Noun1.quarter section - a land unit equal to a quarter of a section (160 acres) and measuring 1/2 mile on a sidearea unit, square measure - a system of units used to measure areas

quarter section


quarter section

A square tract of land that is one-half mile on each side.

quarter section


quarter section

A parcel of land described by starting with a 640-acre section and then dividing it into four equal quarters,each with 60 acres. In the figure, A, B, and C are all quarter sections, and 1, 2, 3, and 4 together make a quarter section. See public land survey system.

quarter section


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Words related to quarter section

noun a land unit equal to a quarter of a section (160 acres) and measuring 1/2 mile on a side

Related Words

  • area unit
  • square measure
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