On 2008 Jan 28 , at 1:52 AM, Bill Potts wrote:
Meter squared implies an area in the shape of a square, with a side
1 m in length.
No it doesn't.
"Metre squared" implies to me exactly the same thing that "square
metre" implies; nothing more and nothing less.
We learn in grade school that a term like "square metre" refers to an
area EQUAL to the area of a 1 m by 1 m square, but that it does NOT
mean that the area is in then SHAPE of a square.
If I want to specify an area of square shape with sides 1 m long, I say:
"A square with sides of 1 m."
Bill Hooper
1810 mm tall
Fernandina Beach, Florida, USA
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