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About these units
Square Mile (mi²)
A square mile equals 640 acres or about 2.58999 km². It is the primary unit for describing large areas in the United States and the UK, particularly in geography and land-use planning. City sizes, county boundaries, national park dimensions, and lake surfaces are often expressed in square miles. Because of its large scale, it is ideal for measuring political subdivisions, conservation zones, and territorial claims. The square mile also appears in demographic statistics—such as population density—and in historical surveys of American frontiers, where square-mile sections formed the backbone of land distribution policies.
Square Millimeter (mm²)
A square millimeter represents the area of a square measuring 1 millimeter on each side. It is a tiny unit used extensively in engineering, electronics, material science, and medical instrumentation. Mechanical designers use mm² to determine cross-sectional areas of wires, beams, micro-mechanical parts, and precision components. In electronics, PCB traces, microchips, and sensors often specify dimensions in mm² for clarity and precision. Biomedical sciences also use mm² for cell colony measurements, tissue sample surfaces, and microscopic fields of view. Its size makes it ideal for quantifying structures too small for cm² but too large for micrometer-scale units.