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Square Yard [yd²]


A square yard (yd²) is a unit of area used mainly in the United States and the UK. It represents a square with sides 1 yard (3 feet) long.

1 square yard = 9 square feet = 0.8361 square meters.

Square yards are often used to measure carpets, lawns, and smaller plots of land.


Barn [b]


A barn (b) is a very small unit of area used mainly in nuclear and particle physics to measure the cross-sectional area of atomic nuclei and particles.

1 barn = 10⁻²⁸ square meters (m²).

The name "barn" humorously refers to something “as big as a barn” in the tiny world of atomic scales, despite its extremely small size.



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