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Square

Definition: Square

Square

Adjective

1. Having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle; "a square peg in a round hole"; "a square corner".

2. (informal) leaving no balance; "my account with you is now all square".

3. Characterized by honesty and fairness; "a square deal"; "wanted to do the square thing".

4. Without evasion or compromise; "a square contradiction"; "he is not being as straightforward as it appears".

5. (slang) rigidly conventional or old-fashioned.

Adverb

1. In a straight direct way; "looked him squarely in the eye"; "ran square into me".

2. With honesty and fairness; "dealt squarely with his customers"; "always treated me square".

3. In a square shape; "a squarely cut piece of paper"; "folded the sheet of paper square".

4. Firmly and solidly; "hit the ball squarely"; "the bat met the ball squarely"; "planted his great bulk square before his enemy".

Noun

1. (geometry) a plane rectangle with four equal sides and four right angles; a four-sided regular polygon; "you can compute the area of a square if you know the length of its sides".

2. The product of two equal terms; "nine is the second power of three"; "gravity is inversely proportional to the square of the distance".

3. An open area at the meeting of two or more streets.

4. Someone who doesn't understand what is going on.

5. (informal) a formal and conservative person with old-fashioned views.

6. Any artifact having a shape similar to a plane geometric figure with four equal sides and four right angles; "a checkerboard has 64 squares".

7. A hand tool consisting of two straight arms at right angles; used to construct or test right angles; "the carpenter who built this room must have lost his square".

Verb

1. Raise to the second power.

2. Make square; "Square the circle"; "square the wood with a file".

3. Cause to match, as of ideas or acts.

4. Position so as to be square: "He squared his shoulders".

5. Be compatible with; "one idea squares with another".

6. Pay someone and settle a debt; "I squared with him".

7. Turn the paddle; in canoeing.

8. Turn the oar, while rowing.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "square" was first used: sometime around 1250. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: Square

DomainDefinition

Computing

Square A query language, a precursor to SQL. ["Specifying Queries as Relational Expressions: The SQUARE Data Sublanguage", R.E. Boyce et al, CACM 18(11):621-628 (Nov 1975)]. (1995-05-02). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.

Food & Agriculture

Any piece of timber that is square-cut and of equal dimensions on all 4 sides, i. e. having 4 faces of equal size. Source: European Union. (references)

Industry

A)a unit of 100ft2(9. 3m2)of sawn, hewn or cleft timber, irrespective of thickness; b)the amount of timber required to cover an area of 100ft2(9. 3m2)exclusive of overlap, as with shingles, weatherboarding. Source: European Union. (references)

Literature

Square To put oneself in the attitude of boxing, to quarrel. (Welsh, cwer' - i.e. cweryl, cwerylu, to quarrel.)
"Are you such fools
To square for this?"
Shakespeare: Titus Andronicus, ii. 1. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Mechanical Engineering

The square end of a machine part, especially of one intended to be gripped and turned; e. g. a driving square for tools. Source: European Union. (references)

Mining

A term used in the slate industry with reference to roofing slate. A square is a sufficient number of any size to lay 100 ft2 (9.29 m 2 ) of roof, allowing the standard 3-in (7.62-cm) lap. The estimated weight of a square of 1/4-in (6.4-mm) slate is 1,000 lb (454kg). (references)

Religion & Philosophy

Planets 90 degrees apart. Bad. Major aspect. Source: European Union. (references)

Slang in 1811

SQUARE. Honest, not roguish. A square cove, i.e. a man who does not steal, or get his living by dishonest means. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

Tips from 1870

Usage: Round, Square. When a thing is round or square it cannot be rounder or squarer. These adjectives do not admit of comparative and superlative forms. But we may say more nearly round or less nearly square. Source: Slips of Speech.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Square

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

In plane geometry, a square is a polygon with four equal sides and equal angles. Those angles are then necessarily right angles. Squares are regular quadrilaterals.

The coordinates for the vertices of a square centered at the origin and with side length 2 are (±1, ±1), while the interior of the same consists of all points (x0, x1) with -1 < xi < 1.

See also:

In algebra, the square of x is written x2 and is defined as the product of x with itself: x × x. If x is a positive real number, the value of x2 is equal to the area of a (geometric) square of edge length x. If y = x2 and x≥0, then x is the square root of y.

A positive integer that is the square of some other integer is known as a square number, or more simply a square.

In urban planning, a square is a planned open area in a city, usually or originally square in shape. See Red Square, Tiananmen Square, Times Square and Trafalgar Square for examples. Some are permanently or on certain days of the week used for an open market.

In carpentry, a square is a guide for establishing right angles (ninety-degree angles), usually made of metal and in the shape of a right triangle.

In the geometry narrative Flatland, A Square is the name of the main narrator of the story.

In video games, Square is short for Squaresoft.

In the parlance of jazz, a square was a person who failed to appreciate the medium, i.e. one who was out of date or out of touch. The term has persisted and permeated into mainstream cultures, as exemplified in Elvis Costello's hit Hip to be square, which, in ultimate self-reference, was used by Sesame Street to illustrate the geometrical meaning of "square".

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Square."

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Square number

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

In mathematics, a square number, sometimes also called a perfect square, is a positive integer that can be written as the square of some other integer. So for example, 9 is a square number since it can be written as 3×3. By convention, the first square number is 1. The number m is a square number if and only if one can arrange m points in a square:

1:

+               x
4:

x +             x x
+ +             x x
9:

x x +           x x x
x x +           x x x
+ + +           x x x
16:

x x x +         x x x x
x x x +         x x x x
x x x +         x x x x
+ + + +         x x x x
25:

x x x x +       x x x x x 
x x x x +       x x x x x 
x x x x +       x x x x x 
x x x x +       x x x x x 
+ + + + +       x x x x x
The formula for the nth square number is n2. This is also equal to the sum of the first n odd numbers, as can be seen in the above pictures, where a square results from the previous one by adding an odd number of points (marked as '+'). So for example, 52 = 25 = 1 + 3 + 5 + 7 + 9.

A square number is also the sum of two consecutive triangular numbers.

Lagrange's four-square theorem states that any positive integer can be written as the sum of at most 4 perfect squares. 3 squares are not sufficient for numbers of the form 4k(8l + 7). This is generalized by Waring's problem.

A positive integer that has no perfect square divisors except 1 is called square-free.

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Square wave

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

A square wave is a kind of basic waveform. Ideally a square wave has instantaneous alternation between a maximum and a minimum (which can be zero or negative) amplitude level.
A bandlimited square wave pictured in the time domain (top) and frequency domain (bottom). The fundamental is at 220 Hz (A2).

Origins and uses

Square waves are universally encountered in digital switching circuits.

In musical terms, it is often described as sounding hollow, and is therefore used as the basis for wind instrument sounds created using subtractive synthesis.

Examining the square wave

In contrast to the sawtooth wave, which contains all integer harmonics, the square wave contains only odd integer harmonics.

Using Fourier series we can write an ideal square wave as an infinite series of the form

A curiosity of the convergence of the Fourier series representation of the square wave is the Gibbs phenomenon. Ringing artifacts in non-ideal square waves can be shown to be related to this phenomenon. Gibbs phenomenon can be prevented by the use of σ-approximation, which uses the Lanczos sigma factors to help the sequence converge more smoothly.

An ideal square wave requires that the signal changes from the maximum to the minimum state cleanly and instantaneously. This is impossible to achieve in real-world systems, as it would require infinite bandwidth.

Real-world square-waves have only finite bandwidth, and often exhibit ringing effects similar to those of the Gibbs phenomenon, or ripple effects similar to those of the σ-approximation.

For a reasonable approximation to the square-wave shape, at least the fundamental and third harmonic need to be present, with the fifth harmonic being desirable. These bandwidth requirements are important in digital electronics, where finite-bandwidth analog approximations to square-wave-like waveforms are used. (The ringing transients are an important electronic consideration here, as they may go beyond the electrical rating limits of a circuit).

The ratio of the high to low periods of a square wave are called the duty cycle. A true square wave has a 50% duty cycle - equal high and low periods. The average level of a square wave is also given by the duty cycle, so by varying the on to off periods, it is possible to represent any value between the two limiting levels. This is the basis of pulse width modulation.

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Squaresoft

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Squaresoft (often just called Square) is a Japanese video game company that was created in 1983 as a part of a software development firm called Denyuusha.

In 1985, Squaresoft began making games for the Nintendo Famicom (called the Nintendo Entertainment System in North America and Europe). Their early games were not very successful, and by 1987 the company was facing the possibility of going out of business. However, that same year, Squaresoft employee Hironobu Sakaguchi was given a chance to make a game that would either make or break the company. He named his creation Final Fantasy, a console role-playing game that revolved around four sacred crystals, one for each of the four elements in the fantasy world. Final Fantasy did much better than Sakaguchi had ever hoped, in both Japan and the U.S; the game was followed by a sequel in 1988, marketed exclusively in Japan until Final Fantasy Origins. Squaresoft has made nine other Final Fantasy games since, and has become a defining force in the role-playing genre.

Square has also made other games such as Xenogears, Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy Tactics, Threads of Fate (a.k.a. DewPrism), Vagrant Story, and Kingdom Hearts (with Disney Interactive). The company's Square Pictures division also made a CGI movie based on Final Fantasy called Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within in 2001.

Square agreed to merge with Enix (another Japanese company best known for its popular Dragon Quest series) in 2002 so as to curb development costs and become more competitive. In April of 2003 the merger was completed, forming the new company, Square Enix. =Softography=

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Square

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField
sqEnglishSquareMathematics, Meteorology & Standards

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms: Square

Synonyms: square(a) (adj), square(p) (adj), straight (adj), straightforward (adj), squarely (adv), foursquare (n), lame (n), public square (n), second power (n), square toes (n), feather (v), square up (v). (additional references)
Synonym by domain: iron-on (mechanical engineering).
Antonym: round (adj). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Square

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Agreement

Render accordant; Adjective: fit, suit, adapt, accommodate; graduate; adjust; (render, equal); dress, regulate, readjust; accord, harmonize,. reconcile; fadge, dovetail, square.

Angularity

Triangle, trigon, wedge; rectangle, square, lozenge, diamond; rhomb, rhombus; quadrangle, quadrilateral; parallelogram; quadrature; polygon, pentagon, hexagon, heptagon, octagon, oxygon, decagon.

Fusiform, wedge-shaped, cuneiform; cuneate, multangular, oxygonal; triangular, trigonal, trilateral; quadrangular, quadrilateral; foursquare; rectangular, square, multilateral; polygonal; Noun: cubical, rhomboid, rhomboidal, pyramidal.

Compensation

Verb: make compensation; compensate, compense; indemnify; counteract, countervail, counterpoise; balance; outbalance, overbalance, counterbalance; set off; hedge, square, give and take; make up for, lee way; cover, fill up, neutralize, nullify; equalize; make good; redeem; (atone).

Contention

Verb: contend; contest, strive, struggle, scramble, wrestle; spar, square; exchange blows, exchange fisticuffs; fib, justle, tussle, tilt, box, stave, fence; skirmish; pickeer; fight; (war); wrangle; (quarrel).

Four

Verb: reduce to a square, square.

Noun: quaternity, four, tetrad, quartet, quaternion, square, quarter.

Adjective: four; quaternary, quaternal; quadratic; quartile; tetract, tetractic, tetractinal; tetrad, tetragonal; square, quadrate.

Place

Noun: place, lieu, spot, point, dot; niche, nook; (corner); hole; pigeonhole; (receptacle); compartment; premises, precinct, station; area, courtyard, square; abode; locality; (situation).

Probity

Adjective: upright; honest, honest as daylight; veracious; virtuous; honorable; fair, right, just, equitable, impartial, evenhanded, square; fair and aboveboard, open and aboveboard; white.

Verticality

Elevation, erection; square, plumb line, plummet.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Square

English words defined with "square": Caliper square, carpenter's square ♦ Error of the mean square ♦ Face of a square ♦ Geometric square ♦ Hollow square ♦ Inner square ♦ knight of the square flag ♦ Latin square ♦ magic square, Miter square ♦ Quarter square ♦ set square, Solid square, square dancer, square foot, square inch, square measure, Square number, square nut, square up, square yard ♦ To reduce a square, To square one's shoulders, try square ♦ Word square. (references)
Specialty definitions using "square": Builder's Square ♦ countersunk square neck bolt for woodwork ♦ Death Square, driving square, driving square for tools ♦ Epstein square ♦ Greco-Latin square ♦ Inverse Square Law ♦ Leicester Square, lumen per square meter, lumen per square metre ♦ mean square deviation ♦ perfect square ♦ root mean square ♦ seed sown in square, seed sown in square groups, square drill collar, square set, Square the Circle, square thread, SQUARE TOES, systematic square. (references)
Etymologies containing "square": Winkle-hawk. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Square" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

French (green area, park, Square), Pidgin English (Square).

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Modern Usage: Square

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Yeah, we sat together at Bell Square. (Say Anything; writing credit: Cameron Crowe.)

I always dreamed of going to Madison Square Gardens, see the Knicks play (Rush Hour 2; writing credit: Jeff Nathanson)

In two minutes primary charges will blow base charges and a few square blocks will be reduced to smoldering rubble (Fight Club; writing credit: Jim Uhls)

The theatuh, the theatuh -- what book of rules says the theater exists only within some ugly buildings crowded into one square mile of New York City (All About Eve; writing credit: Joseph L. Mankiewicz)

Detective dress kinda square. If you look like a detective people are gonna think you're packing something (Repo Man; writing credit: Alex Cox)

Lyrics

Then she looked me right square in the eye (What Would You Do; performing artist: City High)

Hit be square in the chest, wasn't wearin a vest (Murder Murder (Remix) *; performing artist: Eminem)

Where a square should be (Hole Hearted; performing artist: Extreme)

Had cleared the square (Rock the Casbah; performing artist: The Clash)

So come up close and don't be square (Play that funky music; performing artist: Vanilla Ice)

Movie/TV Titles

The Cricket in Times Square (1973)

Café du square (1969)

King Arthur and the Square Knights of the Round Table (1966)

All Square (1966)

Butternut Square (1964)

Song Titles

Hip To Be Square (performing artist: Huey Lewis & The News)

Washington Square (Instrumental) (performing artist: The Village Stompers)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Square

DomainTitle

References

  • Blue Square - Israel Limited: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • Square Co., Ltd.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • The World Market for Iron or Non-Alloy Steel Semi-Finished Shapes Containing Less Than .25% Carbon by Weight with Square Cross Section and Specified Width under Twice the Thickness: A 2004 Global Trade Perspective (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • Square Foot Gardening (reference)

  • Murder on Washington Square (Gaslight Mystery) (reference)

  • The Square Dance and Contra Dance Handbook: Calls, Dance Movements, Music Glossary, Bibliography, Discography and Directories (reference)

  • Hangover Square (reference)

  • Vintage International Harvester Tractors: The Ultimate Tribute to International Harvester, Farmall, and McCormick-Deering Tractors (Town Square books (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  

Music

  

High Tech

  

Consumer Goods

  • Lodge 12-Inch Square Breakfast Griddle with Assist Handle (reference)

  • QuikDrive BPSXXX 3-Piece Square Drive Bit Pack (reference)

  • Lamson A400R-CAR Carlon PVC Square Blank Cover (reference)

  • DeWalt DW2403 #2 Square Recess Bit Tips Chew Can (20) (reference)

  • Starrett C434-12-4R Combination Set with Square, Center & Reversing Protractor (reference)

    (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Square

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Photo Album: Square

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(2) color slides show a single, square cut brownie. (1) plain chocolate, (1) with nuts. Credit: Renee Comet (photographer).

2 square black marble cutting boards (1 large, 1 small) on a grey marble table top. The small board has a peapod split open; the large board is decorated with swipes of light blue paint and has tomatoes, carrots, squash, beans and spinach. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

Building 11, Corporate Square, CDC. March 1999. Credit: CDC.

This composite image shows the location of a one-light-year square region in the Orion Nebula ... Credit: NASA.

Monterey Bay Case Study - Photo #9 3-D image of 9,000 square nautical miles Shows Monterey Canyon, continental slope, Pioneer and Guide Seamounts, etc. This image was constructed from over 5,000,000 soundings. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

3-D image from NOAA Exclusive Economic Zone Mapping Project Sigsbee Escarpment and bizarre topography of Texas-Louisiana Slope Image shows approximately 9,000 square nautical miles. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

San Francisco in April 1850, showing Clay Street, opposite Portsmouth Square. In: "The Annals of San Francisco". Frank Soule, John Gihon, and James Nesbit. 1855. Page 270. D. Appleton & Company, New York. F869.S3.S7 1855. Credit: America's Coastlines.

East side of Portsmouth Square, spring of 1850. In: "The Annals of San Francisco". Frank Soule, John Gihon, and James Nesbit. 1855. Page 358. D. Appleton & Company, New York. F869.S3.S7 1855. Credit: America's Coastlines.

The Wizard speaking in Cathedral Square in Christchurch New Zealand. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Marking off the planting site, the large square is a quadrant to establish where the plantings should go. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: Square
 

"Hosok square Budapest/Hungary" by Sandor Fegyverneky
Commentary: "A perfect aerial shot of the most famous square in Budapest."		"Times square station" by Sabine Grund
Commentary: "Sign in times square station, nyc."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Sounds Captioned with "Square".

PlayCaption
A very stiff and square style of playing in which the emphasis is on the beat.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Square

AuthorQuotation

Mencius

The compass and square produce perfect circles and squares. By the sages, the human relations are perfectly exhibited.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

A man finds room in the few square inches of the face for the traits of all his ancestors; for the expression of all his history, and his wants.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: Square

AuthorDateQuotation

US Constitution

1791

Clause 1: The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States; Clause 2: To borrow Money on the credit of the United States; Clause 3: To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes; Clause 4: To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States; Clause 5: To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures; Clause 6: To provide for the Punishment of counterfeiting the Securities and current Coin of the United States; Clause 7: To establish Post Offices and post Roads; Clause 8: To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries; Clause 9: To constitute Tribunals inferior to the supreme Court; Clause 10: To define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the high Seas, and Offences against the Law of Nations; Clause 11: To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water; Clause 12: To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years; Clause 13: To provide and maintain a Navy; Clause 14: To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces; Clause 15: To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions; Clause 16: To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress; Clause 17: To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, byCession of particular States, and the Acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United States, and to exercise like Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful Buildings;--And Clause 18: To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Square

TitleAuthorQuote

Emma

Austen, Jane

The neighbourhood of Brunswick Square is very different from almost all the rest

Sylvie and Bruno

Carroll, Lewis

Silently the Professor drew from his pocket a square gold watch, with six or eight hands, and held it out for my inspection

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

A breath of air, coming through the broken square, helped to dissipate the charcoal odour and to conceal the furnace

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

It was a mean thing to do, to shoulder him into the square ditch, they were saying

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

The square closes up and the dancing starts, feet on the bare ground, beating dull, strike with your heels

Gulliver's Travels

Swift, Jonathan

The city is an exact square, each side of the wall being five hundred feet long

Walden

Thoreau, Henry David

It would be better if there were but one inhabitant to a square mile, as where I live

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Square

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

The most common form of LSD is called "blotter acid" - sheets of paper soaked in LSD and perforated into 1/4-inch square, individual dosage units. (references)

Business

The least cost steel-framed house is $400 per square meter. (references)

The country’s annual roof insulation market alone is 50 million square meters. (references)

At least eight protesters were picked up by police in Tiananmen Square during the 15th Party Congress. (references)

Civil Liberties

Hong Kong

In late May, approximately 1,500 persons marched through central Hong Kong to commemorate the 12th anniversary of the June 4, 1989, massacre in Beijing's Tiananmen Square. (references)

China

In the wake of a series of large protests on Beijing's Tiananmen Square, the Government stepped up the use of the reeducation-through-labor system to sentence practitioners administratively to up to 3 years in detention. (references)

Economic History

Switzerland

Flag: Square, white cross on red field. (references)

Human Rights

Madagascar

Prison cells average less than 1 square yard of space per inmate. (references)

Ethiopia

Prisoners often are allocated fewer than 21.5 square feet of sleeping space in a room that may contain up to 200 persons. (references)

Cameroon

Authorities confirmed to Rodley that 1 cell measuring 6 square meters housed 16 persons; 1 prisoner stated that the cell sometimes held up to 23 persons. (references)

Indigenous People

Mexico

Their trip, which included a 2-day congress of indigenous people culminated in a meeting in the main square of Mexico City with some 100,000 supporters in attendance. (references)

Canada

The treaty gave the Nisga'a control over 765 square miles of tribal lands, a cash settlement, fishing and timber-cutting rights, and certain rights of self-government. (references)

Botswana

The formation of the 20,000 square mile Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR) by the colonial government in 1961 on traditional Basarwa lands set the stage for conflict between the Basarwa's pursuit of their traditional way of life and wildlife conservation. (references)

Minorities

Georgia

In December 2000, Basilists encircled a 5,000 square meter plot of land where a local Pentecostal congregation planned to build a multi-purpose building. (references)

Political Economy

THE BAHAMAS

The tax rises to $100,000 for casinos of 5,000-10,000 square feet. (references)

China

According to Amnesty International (AI) 211 persons remain in prison for their activities during the June 1989 Tiananmen Square demonstrations. (references)

Trade

Spain

Others vary in size from a simple warehouse to several square kilometers. (references)

Kuwait

The Kuwait Free Trade Zone at Shuwaikh Port opened in 1999 and covers 1.7 million square meters. (references)

Bangladesh

Chittagong port has 116,375 square meters of covered warehouse space, with a capacity to hold 50,000 metric tons. (references)

Travel

Ghana

Rents are generally between USD 7 and 25 per square foot per month. (references)

Egypt

A new line now runs from Tahrir Square passing by the Cairo Opera House and ending at Cairo University in Giza. (references)

Saudi Arabia

Typical rental costs in a modern commercial center are approximately $220 per square meter, inclusive of maintenance and utility charges. (references)

Worker Rights

Croatia

During the year, authorities permitted labor demonstrations both in Zagreb's main square and in front of the Parliament. (references)

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

HANDKERCHIEF, n. A small square of silk or linen, used in various ignoble offices about the face and especially serviceable at funerals to conceal the lack of tears. The handkerchief is of recent invention; our ancestors knew nothing of it and intrusted its duties to the sleeve. Shakespeare's introducing it into the play of "Othello" is an anachronism: Desdemona dried her nose with her skirt, as Dr. Mary Walker and other reformers have done with their coattails in our own day -- an evidence that revolutions sometimes go backward.

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Square

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Julie Nixon Eisenhower

I doubt it. I don't think so. I don't think so. But they certainly were happy to have the exhibit, which was wonderful. In Tiananmen Square, right next to Mao's tomb.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Speeches: Square

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

William H. Taft

1909-1913While the fifteenth amendment has not been generally observed in the past, it ought to be observed, and the tendency of Southern legislation today is toward the enactment of electoral qualifications which shall square with that amendment.

Woodrow Wilson

1913-1921We have made up our minds to square every process of our national life again with the standards we so proudly set up at the beginning and have always carried at our hearts.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Square

"Square" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 34.53% of the time. "Square" is used about 5,262 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words		Rank in English
Noun (proper)34.53%1,8174,663
Adjective (general or positive)34.13%1,7964,710
Noun (singular)26.8%1,4115,700
Lexical Verb (infinitive)3.83%20221,454
Lexical Verb (base form)0.53%2865,706
Adverb (general)0.11%6143,867
Unclassified Items0.06%3202,518
                    Total100.00%5,262N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Square

The following table summarizes the usage of "square" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons		Rank in USA
SquareLast name1,00011,624
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: Square

The following table summarizes names derived from the word "square".
 
NameGenderLanguageMeaning
RebaN/ABiblical

A square

RechabN/ABiblical

Square

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

 

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Usage in Company Names: Square

CountryNameCountryName
Israel

Blue Square - Israel Limited

Japan

Square Co., Ltd.

 (more examples...)  

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Expressions: Square

Expressions using "square": a square deal ♦ a square meal ♦ a square peg in a round hole ♦ across the square ♦ act on the square ♦ barrack square ♦ be back to square one ♦ be square with ♦ be square with smb. ♦ beacon Square ♦ bevel square ♦ by the square ♦ Caliper square ♦ candela per square meter ♦ candela per square metre ♦ carpenter's square ♦ center square ♦ central Square ♦ chi square distribution ♦ circular square ♦ countersunk square neck bolt for woodwork ♦ country square ♦ death Square ♦ driving square ♦ driving square for tools ♦ Epstein square ♦ Error of the mean square ♦ Face of a square ♦ Fair and square ♦ form into a square ♦ Frankfort Square ♦ Franklin Square ♦ Geometric square ♦ Geometrical square ♦ get a matter square ♦ get square ♦ get square with ♦ get things square ♦ give smb. a square deal ♦ he is a square peg in a round hole ♦ hit smb. square on the nose ♦ hollow square ♦ in the square ♦ Inner square ♦ into square ♦ Kennett Square ♦ knight of the square flag ♦ large square ♦ Latin square ♦ Least square ♦ lumen per square meter ♦ lumen per square metre ♦ Madison Square Garden network ♦ magic square ♦ magic square design ♦ main square ♦ make accounts square ♦ market square ♦ mean square deviation ♦ mesh size of a square meshed pan or window ♦ Miter square ♦ New Square ♦ Newtown Square ♦ of a square shape ♦ on the square ♦ on the square with ♦ optical square ♦ out of square ♦ perfect square ♦ play square ♦ pounds per square inch ♦ public square ♦ put a square peg into a round hole ♦ quarter square ♦ red square ♦ reduce to a square ♦ Rich Square ♦ root mean square ♦ root mean square value ♦ Sarasota Square ♦ seed sown in square ♦ seed sown in square groups ♦ set square ♦ set two beams square ♦ small square ♦ solid square ♦ square a number ♦ square a theory to fit the facts ♦ square accounts ♦ square accounts with ♦ square accounts with smb. ♦ square an account ♦ square and rabbet ♦ square away ♦ square block ♦ square bracket ♦ square brackets ♦ square built ♦ square centimeter ♦ square centimetre ♦ square chin. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "square": square-backed, square-balled, square-based, square-bashed, square-bashing, square-bodied, square-boned, square-built, square-by-square, square-chinned, square-cut, square-dance, square-dance music, square-dancing, square-drives, square-driving, square-drove, square-edged, square-ended, square-eyed, square-faced, square-flanked, square-foot, square-go, square-headed, square-headed boyfriend, square-headed girlfriend, square-jawed, square-jointed, square-lattice, Square-law, square-leaded, square-leg, square-lipped, square-low detection, square-meshed, square-metre, square-mile, square-neck, square-necked, square-necks, square-on, square-palmed, square-pass, square-plan, square-plate, square-pyramidal, square-rigged, square-rigger, square-riggers, square-root, square-rooting, square-sawn, square-section, square-sectioned, square-set, square-shaped, square-shouldered, square-sided, square-skulled, square-slabbed, square-tailed, square-tails, square-tipped, square-toed, Square-toes, square-topped, square-to-square, square-towered, square-up, square-wall, square-wave, square-wave, square-well.

Ending with "square": all-square, circle-in-the-square, cross-in-square, mid-square, set-square, three-mile-square.

Containing "square": Chi-Square Distribution, eight-square-kilometre, eight-square-mile, four-square-to-the-wind, hundred-square-foot, Mean-square error, one-square-kilometre, three-square-mile, two-hundred-square-mile.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Square

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day		ExpressionFrequency
per Day

madison square garden

2,074

square one mall

169

sponge bob square pants

1,792

square dancing

168

square d

1,029

newtown square pa

162

breakers d i line square

802

bellevue square

162

times square

675

square d breakers

160

square dance

655

emerald square mall

159

spongebob square pants

434

jack london square

157

square

404

square peg

152

hollywood square

308

chi square

150

sponge bob square pants picture

286

maryland square

146

square root

268

playhouse square

145

tiananmen square

254

station square

139

kennett square pa

253

magic square

136

square one

247

acre foot in square

133

square foot

226

trafalgar square

128

franklin square ny

224

acre foot square

124

square time

205

square baler

123

builder square

197

union square cafe

116

baker square

181

in square thursday

116

enix square

177

union square

114
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Square

Language Translations for "square"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Afrikaans

  

reghoekig (right-angle). (various references)

   

Albanian

  

Skuadër (crew, gang, navy, party, section, squad, team), Sinqerisht (frankly, genuinely, openly, sincerely, truly), Shlyej (clear, discharge, expiate, forgive, liquidate, make good, make up, purge, redeem, satisfy, settle, work off), Shesh (circus, course, court, esplanade, field, ground, place, platform, table), Përputhem (add up, agree, coincide, conform, fit, tally), Fuqi I Dytë, I Drejtë (candid, correct, direct, disinterested, downright, equitable, erect, even, fair, impartial, just, kosher, lank, regular, right, stand up, straight, straightaway, true, upright, upstanding, virtuous, white), I Jap Formë Katrore, I Sinqertë (candid, devout, earnest, explicit, Frank, free, free-hearted, free-spoken, genuine, honest, ingenuous, onefold, open, outgiving, outspoken, plain spoken, sincere, single minded, single-eyed, single-hearted, transparent, true, true-hearted, truthful, unaffected, unreserved, whole-souled), Katror (check, checker, Chequer, chequered, foursquare, quadrate, quadratic), Kuadrat (Chequer, inset, quad), Kuti (box, canister, case, casket, container, crate, receptacle, sandbank, thriftbox, tray), Lagje (neighbor, neighborhood, neighbour, neighbourhood, quarter, section, Vicinage, ward), Drejt (aright, direct, directly, endlong, erect, fair, flat, orderly, plump, right, rightly, smack, straight, to, toward, towards), Ngre (boost, build up, carve, cast up, chant, elevate, erect, establish, heft, heighten, hike, hitch, hoist, hold up, jerk up, kilt, lift, lift up, look up, move up, peak, pick up, propound, raise, rear, rebel, revolt, ring up, rout, run up, scoop up, set up, situate, soar, straighten, take off, throw up, trice, up, upheave, uplift, upraise, wake up, weigh, wind up), Vë Në Skuadër, Pajtoj (attune, bring together,