square
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[ noun ] (geometry) a plane rectangle with four equal sides and four right angles; a four-sided regular polygon
Synonyms Examples "you can compute the area of a square if you know the length of its sides" Used in print (Schubert Ogden, Christ Without Myth....)Therefore , the only conceivable alternatives are those represented , on_the_one_hand , by the two at_least apparently self-consistent but mutually_exclusive positions of Buri and Barth and , on_the_other_hand , by the third but really pseudo position ( analogous to a round square ) of Bultmann . (Richard I. McCosh, "Recreation Site Selection"...)A large picnic_area or camping development is most efficient in shape as a square or rectangle several hundred feet in_width in_preference_to a long narrow area less_than one_hundred feet wide . (R. P. Jerrard, "Inscribed squares in plane curves"...)In the following paper it is shown that in a certain definite sense , exactly an odd number of squares can be inscribed in every such curve which does not contain an infinite number of inscribed squares . In the following paper it is shown that in a certain definite sense , exactly an odd number of squares can be inscribed in every such curve which does not contain an infinite number of inscribed squares . Here , for the case of squares inscribed in plane curves , we remove the restriction to convexity and give certain other results . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle
Examples "a square peg in a round hole" "a square corner" Used in print (Francis J. Johnston and John E. Willard, "The...)These cells were used rather than square Pyrex tubing because of the tendency of the latter to shatter when thawing frozen carbon_tetrachloride . (Glayds H. Barr, The Master of Geneva....)For an instant John longed for the sound of the bells of Noyon-la-Sainte , the touch of his mother 's hand , the lilt of Charles 's voice in the square raftered rooms , his father 's bass tones rumbling to the canons , and the sight of the beloved bishop . (Leon Uris, Mila 8....)He was a square brick of a man with a moon_round face and sunken Polish features . (Octavia Waldo, A Cup of the Sun....)It squatted low and square upon the sidewalk with a heavy iron grating supporting a glass facade . Related terms round squared squarish right-angled quadrate right-angled angular |
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[ adverb ] in a straight direct way
Synonyms Examples "looked him squarely in the eye" "ran square into me" Used in print (Jim Berry Pearson, The Maxwell Land Grant....)When it became obvious that he could stay inside no_longer , taking a_thousand to one chance Gonzales rushed outside , square against the muzzle of a Winchester . |
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[ verb ] (mathematics) raise to the second power
Used in print (Jim Berry Pearson, The Maxwell Land Grant....)A bullet fired by one of the Mexicans hiding in a little chicken house had passed_through his head , tearing a hole two inches square on the outgoing side . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (geography) an open area at the meeting of two or more streets
Synonyms Used in print (Glayds H. Barr, The Master of Geneva....)As he neared the square , a round figure muffled in a long , black cape whisked_by . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (mathematics) the product of two equal terms
Synonyms Examples "nine is the second power of three" "gravity is inversely proportional to the square of the distance" Used in print (Grants-in-Aid and Other Financial Assistance...)Multiply the population of each State by the square of its allotment percentage . Related terms |
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[ verb ] cause to match, as of ideas or acts
Used in print (Morton A. Kaplan and Nicholas de B. Katzenbach,...)It was not always easy to develop theory and doctrine which would square the two conditions . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] without evasion or compromise
Synonyms Examples "a square contradiction" "he is not being as straightforward as it appears" Related terms |
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[ noun ] (informal) a formal and conservative person with old-fashioned views
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[ adverb ] firmly and solidly
Synonyms Examples "hit the ball squarely" "the bat met the ball squarely" "planted his great bulk square before his enemy" |
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[ adverb ] with honesty and fairness
Synonyms Examples "dealt squarely with his customers" "always treated me square" |
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[ adjective ] (informal) leaving no balance
Examples "my account with you is now all square" Related terms |
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[ noun ] any artifact having a shape similar to a plane geometric figure with four equal sides and four right angles
Examples "a checkerboard has 64 squares" Related terms |
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[ adverb ] in a square shape
Synonyms Examples "a squarely cut piece of paper" "folded the sheet of paper square" |
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 11624
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[ adjective ] (slang) rigidly conventional or old-fashioned
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[ noun ] something approximating the shape of a square
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[ noun ] a hand tool consisting of two straight arms at right angles; used to construct or test right angles
Examples "the carpenter who built this room must have lost his square" Related terms |
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