noun
- A metric unit of area equal to one square meter, or one hundredth of an are.
Usage: technical; metric system; rarely used in everyday English; more common in scientific and technical contexts
Examples
- The centiare is the smallest standard unit in the metric system for measuring area.
- One hectare equals 10,000 centiares.
- In scientific notation, a centiare is expressed as 1 m².
- Land surveyors occasionally reference the centiare when working with metric measurements.