Square Foot

  

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Square Foot

Definition: Square Foot

Square Foot

Noun

1. A unit of area equal to one foot by one foot square.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonym: Square Foot

Synonym: sq ft (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Square Foot

English words defined with "square foot": foot-lambert, ft-LQuadrantalsabinUnit of measure, Unit stress. (references)
Specialty definitions using "square foot": Atkinson's friction coefficientCoefficient of Heat TransmissionENERGY BUDGETf.c.horsepower of ventilationlineal footPermeanceSTANDBY LOSSunit pressures. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Square Foot

DomainTitle

Books

  • Big Ideas for Northwest Small Gardens: Making Every Square Foot Count (reference)

  • Cash from Square Foot Gardening (reference)

  • Contractor's Pricing Guide: Residential Square Foot Costs 2001 (reference)

  • Square Foot & Assemblies Estimating Methods (Means Square Foot and Assemblies Estimating Methods, 3rd Ed) (reference)

  • Square Foot Costs 2001 (Means Square Foot Costs, 2001) (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  • Introducing Square Foot Gardening (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  

Consumer Goods

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Square Foot

SubjectTopicQuote

Business

The good news for occupiers is that office rents in Britain are still, in most cases, lower than they were ten years ago. The very top office rents in the West End of London now stand at about $74.25 per square foot pa, compared with $115.50 per square foot in the late 1980's. Companies who are not just looking for a prestigious address can still find more reasonably priced accommodation. (references)

Economic History

Malaysia

For those interested in factory buildings, costs range from RM41 to RM400 (U.S.$10.90-105.26) per square foot. (references)

Hong Kong

According to market sources, rental prices in these areas in May 2001, the "luxury" segment, had fallen some 33 percent from 1997's peak, with average rents of US$3.6 to US$4.4 per square foot for the Peak, US$3.3 to $4.4 for Wan Chai/Mid-levels, and $2.5 to $3.2 for the South Side. (references)

Travel

Ghana

Rents are generally between USD 7 and 25 per square foot per month. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Square Foot

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

square foot

226

how many square foot in an acre

89

calculate square foot

83

square foot gardening

76

measure square foot

36

measuring square foot

21

home construction cost per square foot

21

square foot measurement

19

how many square foot to an acre

10

average cost per square foot

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Square Foot

Language Translations for "square foot"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Finnish

  

neliömetri, neliöjalka. (various references)

   

French

  

pied-chandelle (a unit of illuminance on a surface that is everywhere one foot from a uniform point source of light of one candle and equal to one lumen per square foot). (various references)

   

Manx

  

trie cherrinagh. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

aresquay ootfay

   

Portuguese

  

pé quadrado. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

pie cuadrado. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Square Foot

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-f-o-o-q-r-s-t-u"

-2 letters: equators, quaestor.

-3 letters: equator, foetors, footers, outsoar, quartes, quartos, quatres, questor, quoters, roquets, torques.

-4 letters: afters, arouse, faster, fetors, feuars, foetor, foetus, footer, forest, fortes, foster, frusta, oaters, orates, ouster, outers, quarte, quarto, quarts, quatre, quotas, quoter, quotes, roques, roquet, routes, softer, souter, square, stoure, strafe, toques, torose, torous, torque, urates.

-5 letters: afoot, afore.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Quotations: Non-fiction
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Translations: Modern
8. Anagrams
9. Bibliography


  

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