Area Quantity and Units

Area is a derived quantity. Definitions are provided in namespace area. The base quantity defines derived quantity type SquareMetreClass, and Variable Area, Constant AreaConstant, and a VariableVector AreaVector; `

The Dimension of Area is $(2, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0)$ .

Area defines the following Units:

SquareMetre (prefixable)
Barn
Acre
Are
Hectare

The default unit is square metre (m^2). The default name in the base quantity is `area', and the default symbol is `A'. The derived quantity does not overwrite these values.

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