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The square foot is an Imperial Unit / U.S. Customary Unit (non- SI non- Metric ) of Area , used in the United States , United Kingdom and elsewhere. It is defined as the area of a Square with sides of 1 Foot (0.333... Yard s, 12 Inch es, or 0.3048 Metre s) in Length . SYMBOLS There is no universally agreed symbol but the following are used:
A symbol for square foot, square feet, and “per square foot” commonly used in architecture, real estate and interior space plans is a simple square with a slash through it. It is also occasionally written as a square with a vertical line bisecting it. CONVERSIONS 1 square foot is equivalent to:
HISTORICAL USE Before Metrication , the square foot was in use throughout Europe, as part of the traditional System Of Measurement , which showed considerable local variation. Some examples below:
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