Definition of square, square in English English dictionary
- Latin square
- An n-by-n arrangement of n different integers such that each row, each column and each of the two diagonals contains each of the integers once and once only
- Punnett square
- A graphical representation used to determine the probability of an offspring expressing a particular genotype
- Red Square
- A large historical square in central Moscow
- Rice Krispie square
- a light snack consisting of Rice Krispies packed tightly together into a cube or cuboid by caramel or other sticky edible substances
- Square Mile
- the City of London
- T-square
- a rule with a short perpendicular crosspiece at one end, used by draughtsmen to draw parallel lines
- Tiananmen Square
- A large plaza in Beijing, China
- Tiananmen Square
- A protest event held in the square on June 4, 1989
- Times Square
- A wide intersection in New York City extending from 42nd to 47th Streets where Broadway and Seventh Avenue intersect in Manhattan
- Trafalgar Square
- a square in Westminster; the site of Nelson's Column|Nelson's Column]], National Gallery|National Gallery]] and frequent demonstrations
- all square
- both players or sides having the same score; tied, drawn
- antimagic square
- A heterosquare in which the sums form a sequence of consecutive numbers
- back to square one
- Back to the start, as after a dead-end or failure
After spending six hours on the intake we realized that there was nothing wrong with it, so we went back to square one.
- back to square one
- Located back at the start, as after a dead-end or failure
After spending six hours on the intake we realized that there was nothing wrong with it, so we are back to square one.
- be there or be square
- Used to encourage someone to go somewhere
There's a huge party on Saturday night; be there or be square.
- carpenter's square
- A tool used to measure out right angles
- chi-square
- A test statistic used in the chi-square test
- chi-square distribution
- a probability distribution used in inferential statistics
- chi-square distributions
- plural form of chi-square distribution
- chi-square test
- any statistical hypothesis test in which the test statistic has a chi-square distribution if the null hypothesis is true
- chi-square tests
- plural form of chi-square test
- deep square leg
- A fielding position on the leg side, square of the batsman's wicket; a fielder in that position
- fair and square
- Within the applicable rules
- fair and square
- Totally fairly and undoubtedly
We won the game fair and square.
- four square
- A sport played by four players where players have to hit a ball into other people's squares, and attempt to make a return hit
- inverse-square law
- any physical law, such as that of gravitation, in which a quantity varies inversely with distance from a source as the square of that distance
- kid on the square
- To be joking, but at the same time really mean it
At least he likes historical characters, I kidded on the square. No one laughed so I went to work recruiting other directors.
- magic square
- An n-by-n arrangement of n2 numbers such that the numbers in each row, in each column and along both diagonals all have the same sum
- magic square
- A palindromic square word arrangement, usually in the form of a magic amulet. Probably the best-known is the 5x5 square consisting of the words ROTAS OPERA TENET AREPO SATOR
- market square
- An open area in a town housing a public market, often on just one day per week; a marketplace
- on the square
- A discreet, unassuming reference to freemasonry
- on the square
- Honest and open
- over square
- A type of internal combustion engine design in which the diameter of the piston is greater than its stroke distance
- pocket square
- A handkerchief used as an accessory to a suit
- root mean square
- The square root of the arithmetic mean of the squares
- root mean square velocity
- the root mean square of the velocities of all the molecules in a volume of gas; directly proportional to its temperature in the case of an ideal gas
- set square
- a right angle tool used to determine if two surfaces join at a 90-degree angle, composed of two arms, usually made from metal
- set square
- A flat triangular piece of plastic or other material, having corners of precise angles, used in technical drawing
Descartes extended this classification by introducing his set-square compass. This is mechanism of sliding set squares that push each other... .
- square
- A unit used in measuring roof area equivalent to 100 square feet (9.29 m2) of roof area
- square
- Of a value, term, or expression, to multiply by itself; to raise to the second power
- square
- Honest; straightforward
It may be prison, but at least I'm getting three square meals a day.
- square
- Fair
I'm just looking for a square deal on my car repair.
- square
- To adjust so as to align with or place at a right angle to something else
The casting was mounted on a milling machine so that its sides could be squared.
- square
- Correctly aligned with respect to something else
- square
- At right angles to
- square
- A dessert cut into rectangular pieces, or a piece of such a dessert
- square
- To draw, with a pair of compasses and a straightedge only, a square with the same area as
square the circle.
- square
- Socially conventional; boring
- square
- An L- or T-shaped tool used to place objects or draw lines at right angles
There are so many uses for the square, in fact, that a new model will usually come complete with a booklet enumerating its applications. -.
- square
- A socially conventional person; typically associated with the 1950s
Why do you always wear a tie? Don't be such a square!.
- square
- Used in the names of units of area formed by multiplying a unit of length by itself
square mile.
- square
- in line with the batsman's popping crease
- square
- The second power of a number, value, term or expression
64 is the square of 8.
- square
- To adjust or adapt so as to bring into harmony with something
I cannot square the results of the experiment with my hypothesis.
- square
- The central area of a cricket field, containing several pitches laid out next to one another - only one being used at a time
An ideal playing area is roughly circular in shape with a central area, the cricket square, measuring 27.44 metres by 27.44 metres and boundaries 45.75 metres from the sides of the square.
- square
- An open space in a town, not necessarily square in shape, often containing trees, seating and other features pleasing to the eye
You're not in Wisconsin, Dave. The big story isn't about a cow wandering into the town square. NewsRadio.
- square
- A cell in a grid
You may not move a piece to a square already occupied by one of your own pieces.
- square
- Shaped like a square (the polygon)
- square
- To resolve
These results just don't square.
- square
- A mortarboard
- square
- A square meal
Even when times were tough, we got three squares a day.
- square
- A polygon with four sides of equal length and four angles of 90 degrees; a regular quadrilateral whose angles are all 90 degrees
I took refuge in the square form and exhibited a picture which consisted of nothing more than a black square on a white field.—Kazimir Malevich.
- square
- The symbol # on a telephone; hash
Enter your account number followed by a square.
- square
- A unit of measurement of area, equal to a 10 foot by 10 foot square, ie. 100 square feet or roughly 9.3 square metres. Used in real estate for the size of a house or its rooms, though progressively being replaced by square metres in metric countries such as Australia
2007: The house is very large and open and boasts 39 squares of living space plus over 13 squares of decking area on 3 sides and 17 squares of garage and workshop downstairs. — Your Estate advertisement for Grindelwald Tasmania.
- square away
- To finish, complete, tidy or put in order
I have almost squared away the last of the paperwork from that job.
- square bashing
- Army jargon for marching drills and other military exercises practiced on a parade ground
- square bracket
- Either of a pair of symbols, , used for various purposes, e.g. to enclose text inserted or replaced by an editor, to indicate various mathematical operations, and to indicate a link in MediaWiki syntax
We must, in short, employ a special bracket for operative relations ; and the square bracket is the most convenient. Hence x denotes that a + bβ operates on x, and n denotes that φ operates on itself n - 1 times.
- square brackets
- plural form of square bracket
- square centimeter
- A unit of area equal to that of a square, of sides 1cm
- square centimeters
- plural form of square centimeter
- square centimetre
- Alternative spelling of square centimeter
- square centimetres
- plural form of square centimetre
- square circle
- a cancellation mark consisting of an outer ring of concentric circles, cropped into a square shape
- square dance
- A particular instance of square dancing
There's a square dance at the school tonight.
- square dance
- To take part in square dancing; to dance this type of dancing
I square danced for three hours last night.
- square dance
- Square dancing
Square dance is America's folk dance.
- square dancer
- Someone who does square dancing
- square dances
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of square dance
- square dances
- plural form of square dance
- square dancing
- A type of dance in which eight dancers are arranged in a square as four couples, with a caller calling or singing out the movements that the dancers are to perform
- square division
- a division composed of four regiments
- square division
- a division composed of two brigades
- square division
- a division composed of two brigades of two regiments each
- square divisions
- plural form of square division
- square drive
- a shot played by swinging the bat down through the line of the ball, hitting it along the ground in the direction of point
- square feet
- plural form of square foot
- square foot
- A unit of area (abbreviation sq ft or sq. ft. or ft2) equal to the area of a square the sides of which are each one foot long
- square footage
- Area (an extent of surface), especially of real estate
- square footage
- Area (the measure of an extent of surface), in square feet
- square footages
- plural form of square footage
- square inch
- A unit of area (abbreviation sq in or sq. in. or '''in2) equal to the area of a square the sides of which are each one inch long
- square kilometer
- US spelling of square kilometre: Standard unit of area, symbol km2, equal to the area of a square whose sides are one kilometer long
- square kilometers
- plural form of square kilometer
- square kilometre
- Standard unit of area, symbol km2, equal to the area of a square whose sides are one kilometre long
- square kilometres
- plural form of square kilometre
- square knot
- A common binding knot
- square knots
- plural form of square knot
- square leg
- A fielding position on the leg side, square of the batsman's wicket, between leg gully and midwicket; a fielder in that position
- square leg umpire
- The umpire who stands at or near square leg to rule on decisions at the batsman's end of the wicket. In some circumstances, the umpire may stand at the equivalent position on the opposite side of the batsman (between gully and point), but is still referred to as the square leg umpire in these circumstances
- square matrix
- A matrix having the same number of rows as columns
- square meal
- A satisfying meal, especially suitable for one performing physical labor
Football lineman seem to need more than just a square meal.
- square meter
- US spelling of square metre: Standard unit of area, equal to the area of a square whose sides are one meter long
- square meters
- plural form of square meter
- square metre
- Standard unit of area, symbol m2, equal to the area of a square whose sides are one metre long
- square metres
- plural form of square metre
- square mile
- A unit of area (abbreviation sq mi or sq. mi. or mi2) equal to the area of a square the sides of which are each one mile long
- square off
- to get ready for a fight
- square off
- to get in the fighting position
- square one
- the place where one begins; a lack of progress
We discovered that our first idea would never work, so we were back to square one.
- square peg into a round hole
- Something that does not fit well (or at all); something that will not work as attempted, except possibly with much force and effort
- square pyramid
- A three-dimensional geometric figure with a square base and four triangular sides that connect at one point. An example is the Great Pyramid of Giza
- square pyramids
- plural form of square pyramid
- square rigged
- Of a sailing ship, having the horizontal spars perpendicular to the keel of the ship
- square rod
- a unit of area used for measuring small quantities of land. Equal in size to a square with sides 1 rod in length. Equal to 30¼ square yards or 1/160 acre. Sometimes known, simply, as a rod
- square rod
- a solid, elongated bar whose shape is a square prism
A square rod could be made of acrylic, nylon, wood, or brass.
- square root
- Of a number, another number which, when squared, yields the original number; sometimes constrained to be the positive number where two solutions exist
Every complex number has two square roots; for example, the square roots of -4 are 2i and -2i.
- square roots
- plural form of square root
- square sail
- A sail bent to a horizontal yard set athwartships
- square sails
- plural form of square sail
- square tab shingle
- Shingle with tabs that are all the same size and exposure
- square tab shingles
- plural form of square tab shingle
- square up
- to get in the fighting position
- square up
- to face (someone) in a contest
- square up
- to get ready for a fight
- square up
- to pay back money that is owed
Let me know how much my share is and I'll square up with you tomorrow.
- square wave
- A nonsinusoidal waveform, commonly encountered in electronics and signal processing, that alternates regularly and instantaneously between two levels
- square yard
- A unit of area (abbreviation sq yd or sq. yd.) equal to the area of a square the sides of which are one yard long. (i.e. 3 feet by 3 feet or 9 square feet)
- square-dance
- To participate in a square dance
- square-rigged
- Having square sails rigged onto spars perpendicular to the keel
- square-rigger
- A square-rigged ship
- square-root
- Attributive form of square root
In √a̅+̅b̅, the horizontal bar or vinculum is actually a parenthesis that groups a+b. Without it, √a+b might mean b+√a̅ or it might mean √a̅+̅b̅. Nevertheless, the square-root sign without the vinculum is often used .
- town square
- An open area commonly found in the heart of a traditional town, used for community gatherings
- try square
- A tool used to measure if a piece of wood is at right angle
- under square
- Of internal combustion engine designs, having piston diameter less than its stroke distance
- square
- {a} having right angles, fit, adjust
- back to square one
- Back to where one started. "We were forced to go back to square one in our efforts to change the name of the company."
- be there or be square
- (deyim) We do not owe each other, it is a wash, we are even
I bought the pizza; you bought the beer. Let's call it square.
- chi-square
- A test statistic that is calculated as the sum of the squares of observed values minus expected values divided by the expected values
- chi-square tests
- A test that uses the chi-square statistic to test the fit between a theoretical frequency distribution and a frequency distribution of observed data for which each observation may fall into one of several classes
- cross in square
- (Mimarlık) The term cross-in-square (French, église à croix inscrite; German, Kreuzkuppelkirche) denotes the dominant architectural form of middle and late Byzantine churches. The first cross-in-square churches were probably built in the late 8th century, and the form has remained in use throughout the Orthodox world until the present day
- perfect square
- An integer that is the square of an integer
- pound-force per square inch
- The pound per square inch or, more accurately, pound-force per square inch (symbol: psi or lbf/sq in) is a unit of pressure or of stress based on avoirdupois units. It is the pressure resulting from a force of one pound-force applied to an area of one square inch: 1 lbf/sq in ¡Ö 6,894.757 Pa (the SI unit of pressure)
- public square
- An open area at the meeting of two or more streets, square
- punnett square
- (Biyoloji) The Punnett square is a diagram that is used to predict an outcome of a particular cross or breeding experiment. It is named after Reginald C. Punnett, who devised the approach, and is used by biologists to determine the probability of an offspring having a particular genotype. The Punnett square is a summary of every possible combination of one maternal allele with one paternal allele for each gene being studied in the cross
- set-square
- A right-angled triangular plate for drawing lines, especially at 90°, 45°, 60°, or 30°
- shoot square
- (deyim) Deal fairly and honestly
We always shoot square with our customers.
- square peg in a round hole
- (deyim) Someone who is uncomfortable or who does not belong in a particular situation
- square up
- (deyim) Assume the attitude of a person about to fight
