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yd.

1 American  

abbreviation

  1. yard; yards.


YD. 2 American  

abbreviation

  1. (in the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen) dinar; dinars.


yd British  

abbreviation

  1. yard (measure)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

yd Scientific  
  1. Abbreviation of yard


Example Sentences

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The plaza is a square with side length 100 yd. as shown in the figure below.

From Textbooks • Feb. 13, 2015

Quarterback Denard Robinson is the classic college double threat — last season, he threw for 2,570 yd. and rushed for another 1,702.

From Time • Sep. 2, 2011

Along the Mississippi near Vicksburg the War Department has contracted with 19 different companies to move 30,000,000 cu. yd. of earth for new levees at a cost of $6,000,000.

From Time Magazine Archive

Compared to the total volume of Japanese exports, 2,725,109,000 yd. in 1935, this tidy increase was negligible.

From Time Magazine Archive

The low form requires 10 feet of wire per sq. yd. and the high 30 feet.

From Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition by Moss, James A. (James Alfred)