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Morgan vs Acre - What's the difference?

morgan | acre |

As nouns the difference between morgan and acre

is that morgan is a unit for expressing the relative distance between genes on a chromosome while acre is a field.

As proper nouns the difference between morgan and acre

is that morgan is a given name derived from Welsh while Acre is a port city in northern Israel.

morgan

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (medicine) A unit for expressing the relative distance between genes on a chromosome.
  • Derived terms

    * centimorgan English eponyms ----

    acre

    English

    (wikipedia acre)

    Alternative forms

    * (archaic)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (label) A field.
  • A unit of surface area (symbol'' a. ''or ac.), originally as much as a yoke of oxen could plough in a day; later defined as an area 1 chain (22 yd) by 1 furlong (220 yd), or 4,840 square yards. Equivalent to about 4,046.86 square metres.
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  • A large amount (of area).
  • Derived terms

    * acre foot * God's acre

    See also

    * international acre * US survey acre * *

    Anagrams

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