square meter

A form of square metre — A standard unit of area, regardless of its shape, equal to the area of a square whose sides are one metre long (that is, an area one meter square) Symbol: m²

Meanings

nounsquare meter (plural square meters)

plural square meters

  1. USUS spelling of square metre.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna unit of measurement for area, defined as the area of a square with sides of exactly 1 metre; a centiare is 1/100th of an are

Broader
area unitsquare measure

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

square meter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/square%20meter

MLA

“square meter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/square%20meter. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “square meter,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/square%20meter.

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