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The acre is a [[statute measure]] in the [[United States]] and was formerly one in the [[United Kingdom]] and almost all countries of the former [[British Empire]], although informal use continues. |
The acre is a [[statute measure]] in the [[United States]] and was formerly one in the [[United Kingdom]] and almost all countries of the former [[British Empire]], although informal use continues. |
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In the United States both the international acre and the US survey acre are in use, but they differ by only two parts per million: see below. The most common use of the acre is to measure tracts of land. |
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Traditionally, in the [[Middle Ages]], an acre was defined as the area of land that could be [[plough]]ed in one day by a ''[[yoke]]'' of [[ox]]en.<ref name=nottingham>{{cite web|url=https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/manuscriptsandspecialcollections/researchguidance/weightsandmeasures/measurements.aspx|title=Manuscripts and Special Collections - Measurements|publisher = the [[University of Nottingham]]| accessdate= 1 August 2018}}</ref> |
Traditionally, in the [[Middle Ages]], an acre was defined as the area of land that could be [[plough]]ed in one day by a ''[[yoke]]'' of [[ox]]en.<ref name=nottingham>{{cite web|url=https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/manuscriptsandspecialcollections/researchguidance/weightsandmeasures/measurements.aspx|title=Manuscripts and Special Collections - Measurements|publisher = the [[University of Nottingham]]| accessdate= 1 August 2018}}</ref> |
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