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A square meter is a unit of measure for area, such as with a physical space or a surface. A square meter is the equivalent of the space that measures one meter (1m) in length on each of its four sides.

The square meter is one of the most common units of measurement for a flat surface or two-dimensional plane. When you’re measuring an area, you’re essentially calculating how many 1m-by-1m squares can fit within it. For example, the rectangular floor of a hallway that has two long walls measuring 15m and two short walls measuring 3m has an area of 45 square meters, or 45��² (since 15 x 3 = 45). This effectively means that 45 squares with 1m sides could fit in the area of the hallway floor.

Square meters are frequently used in architecture and property sales and design. When buying a home, real estate listings will often note how many square meters the house measures.��

In the United States, it’s more common to see area measured in square feet. One square foot is equal to roughly 0.0929 square meters.��

Example: When buying a house, you want to know not only how many square meters of space you’ll have but also how that space is divided up.

As a unit of measure, the meter was introduced in 1791 by the French Academy of Sciences. It was originally equivalent to 1/10,000,000th of one-quarter of the Earth’s circumference. The measure has been revised with scientific advances over the centuries and is now based on the distance light can travel in a vacuum in 1/299,792,458th of a second.

The concept of squaring comes from geometry. In geometry, a square is a rectangle that has four sides of equal lengths. You can calculate the area of the square by multiplying the length of one side by the width of one side. Since a square has four equal sides, multiplying length by width essentially means multiplying one side by itself.

What are some other forms related to square meter?

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• sq. m (abbreviation)

What are some words that share a root or word element with square meter?��

• square mile
• square foot
• square measure
• meter
• millimeter

What are some words that often get used in discussing square meter?

• architecture
• calculation
• cost
• area
• measurement
• property

Square meter is most often discussed in terms of land or property, but it can also be used in any field that requires precise spatial measurements, like engineering or architecture.

“Snake Island” is an island off the coast of Brazil that's estimated to have one snake per every square meter

Home to the extremely deadly and also highly endangered golden lancehead viper, the island is completely off-limits to humans

— UberFacts (@UberFacts)

Q keeps telling me not to worry about leeches and he was like “google them, then you’ll feel better” but now I know that they’re “predatory worms” that can exist in quantities up to 10,000 per square meter

— Blair Braverman (@BlairBraverman)

Social media makes people feel like they have to upgrade every square meter of our exterior but not be united and validate our truth as is

— Miss Fame (@MissFameNYC)

True or False?

One square meter is the size of a square that has four sides measuring 1 meter each.