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A square (polygon) Komsomolskaya Square at nightEtymology
From Old French esquarre ( > modern équerre), from Vulgar Latin *exquadra, from Latin quadra (“square”).
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square (plural squares)
- (geometry) 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
- 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. - The Carpenter's 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
- Anything, such as tiles or cut pieces of material, primarily defined by being square in shape.
- You may not move a piece to a square already occupied by one of your own pieces.
- (mathematics) The second power of a number, value, term or expression.
- 64 is the square of 8.
- (slang) A socially conventional person; typically associated with the 1950s
- Why do you always wear a tie? Don't be such a square!
- (UK) The symbol # on a telephone; hash.
- Enter your account number followed by a square.
- (cricket) 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.
- (real estate jargon) 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.
- 2006: Just as the basic unit of real estate measurement across the world is the square ... — Macquarie Bank (Australia), press release Macquarie releases Real Estate Market Outlook 2006 - "The World Squared", 21 June 2006 [1]
- 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 [2]
- (North America) A dessert cut into rectangular pieces, or a piece of such a dessert.
- (academia) A mortarboard
- (colloquial, US) A square meal.
- Even when times were tough, we got three squares a day.
- (roofing) A unit used in measuring roof area equivalent to 100 square feet (9.29 m2) of roof area.
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coloradoan.com
Mon, 23 Aug 2010 11:06:18 GMT+00:00
The Coloradoan The chaos in and around Old Town Square was the largest riot in Fort Collins since at least 2004, when a similar disturbance erupted, he said. ... Riot erupts in Old Town Rocky Mountain Collegian Fort Collins SWAT teams quell post-concert melee Denver Post
kotaku.com
Brian Ashcraft
Wed, 30 Jun 2010 09:00:00 GM
Last night, Japan played valiantly against Paraguay. The game was 0-0 after extra time causing the victor to be settled by penalty kicks. Paraguay made all its shots. Japan, however, did not.
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