square : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a hand tool consisting of two rules that are hinged together so you can draw or measure angles of any size
  bevel.
  

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• a draughtsman's or mechanic's square, having a graduated bar and adjustable jaw or jaws. Knight.

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• noun a steel square used by carpenters; larger than a try square
  

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• noun (mathematics) any number such that a given square matrix minus that number times the identity matrix has a zero determinant
  eigenvalue; characteristic root of a square matrix; eigenvalue of a matrix.
  

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• noun (mathematics) any number such that a given square matrix minus that number times the identity matrix has a zero determinant
  eigenvalue; characteristic root of a square matrix; eigenvalue of a matrix.
  

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• (Mil.), one of the sides of a battalion when formed in a square.

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• justly; honestly; equitably; impartially. Colloq.

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• adjective satellite just and honest
  

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• a portable instrument in the form of a square frame for ascertaining distances and heights by measuring angles.

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• . See Quadrat, n., 2.

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• (Mil.), a formation of troops in the shape of a square, each side consisting of four or five ranks, and the colors, officers, horses, etc., occupying the middle.
• . See Square.

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• (Carp.), the angle formed by the inner edges of a carpenter's square.

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• noun a knight honored for valor; entitled to display a square banner and to hold higher command
  knight banneret; banneret.
  

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• noun a square matrix of n rows and columns; cells contain n different symbols so arranged that no symbol occurs more than once in any row or column
  

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• etc. See under Least, Magic, etc.

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• noun a method of fitting a curve to data points so as to minimize the sum of the squares of the distances of the points from the curve
  least squares.
  

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• (Math.), a method of deducing from a number of carefully made yet slightly discordant observations of a phenomenon the most probable values of the unknown quantities. It takes as its fundamental principle that the most probable values are those which make the sum of the squares of the residual errors of the observation a minimum.

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• noun a square matrix of n rows and columns; the first n^2 integers are arranged in the cells of the matrix in such a way that the sum of any row or column or diagonal is the same
  

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• numbers so disposed in parallel and equal rows in the form of a square, that each row, taken vertically, horizontally, or diagonally, shall give the same sum, the same product, or an harmonical series, according as the numbers taken are in arithmetical, geometrical, or harmonical progression.

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• noun a public marketplace where food and merchandise is sold
  open-air market; open-air marketplace.
  

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• (Math. Phys.), the error the square of which is the mean of the squares of all the errors; called also, especially by European writers, mean error.

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• noun a method of fitting a curve to data points so as to minimize the sum of the squares of the distances of the points from the curve
  least squares.
  

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• (Carp.), a bevel with an immovable arm at an angle of 45°, for striking lines on stuff to be mitered; also, a square with an arm adjustable to any angle.

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• upon equality with; even with. Nares.

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• in an open, fair manner; honestly, or upon honor. Obs. or Colloq.

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• a surveyor's instrument with reflectors for laying off right angles.

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• noun a unit of pressure
  psi.
  

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• noun an open area at the meeting of two or more streets
  square.
  
• noun a place of assembly for the people in ancient Greece
  agora.
  

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• (Math.), the fourth part of the square of a number. Tables of quarter squares have been devised to save labor in multiplying numbers.

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• noun a try square with an adjustable sliding head
  

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• (Mil.), a square body or troops in which the ranks and files are equal.

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• noun molding in the form of a ring; at top of a column
  bandelette; bandelet; annulet; bandlet.
  

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• verb put (things or places) in order
  straighten out; tidy up; tidy; straighten; clean up; neaten.
  
  • Tidy up your room!

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• noun a block in the (approximate) shape of a cube
  cube.
  

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• noun either of two punctuation marks ([ or ]) used to enclose textual material
  bracket.
  

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• noun American country dancing in which couples form squares
  square dance.
  
• verb dance in formation
  square dance.
  

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• noun someone who does square dancing
  

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• noun American country dancing in which couples form squares
  square dance.
  
• verb dance in formation
  square dance.
  

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• noun fair treatment
  fair deal.
  

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• noun a unit of area equal to one foot by one foot square
  sq ft.
  

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• an area equal to that of a square the sides of which are twelwe inches; 144 square inches.

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• noun a unit of area equal to one inch by one inch square
  sq in.
  

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• noun a double knot made of two half hitches and used to join the ends of two cords
  

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• a knot in which the terminal and standing parts are parallel to each other; a reef knot. See Illust. under Knot.

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• noun a matrix with the same number of rows and columns
  

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• noun a substantial and nourishing meal
  
  • he seldom got three square meals a day

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• noun a system of units used to measure areas
  area unit.
  

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• the measure of a superficies or surface which depends on the length and breadth taken conjointly. The units of square measure are squares whose sides are the linear measures; as, square inches, square feet, square meters, etc.
• the measure of superficial area of surfaces in square units, as inches, feet, miles, etc.

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• noun a centare is 1/100th of an are
  centare; square meter.
  

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• noun a centare is 1/100th of an are
  centare; square meter.
  

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• noun an area of 640 acres
  

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• . See square, n., 6.

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• noun nut with a square shape
  

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• verb settle conclusively; come to terms
  determine; settle; square off.
  
  • We finally settled the argument

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• noun the situation in which you begin an endeavor and to which you return if your efforts fail
  
  • the police are now back at square one after having arrested and released 27 men
  • she has tried to diet but always ends up back at square one

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• noun a number that when multiplied by itself equals a given number
  

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• (Math.), that number or quantity which, multiplied by itself produces the given number or quantity.

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• noun a four-sided sail set beneath a horizontal yard suspended at the middle from a mast
  

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• (Naut.), a four-sided sail extended upon a yard suspended by the middle; sometimes, the foresail of a schooner set upon a yard; also, a cutter's or sloop's sail boomed out. See Illust of Sail.

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• noun a frank and honest person
  straight shooter; straight arrow.
  

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• (Naut.), a stern having a transom and joining the counter timbers at an angle, as distinguished from a round stern, which has no transom.

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• noun a formal and conservative person with old-fashioned views
  square.
  

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• verb make square
  square.
  
  • Square the circle
  • square the wood with a file
• verb even up the edges of a stack of paper, in printing
  even up; jog.
  
• verb settle conclusively; come to terms
  determine; settle; square off.
  
  • We finally settled the argument

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• noun a unit of area equal to one yard by one yard square
  sq yd.
  

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• noun drill on a barracks square
  

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• adjective satellite broad and solidly built
  

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• noun music performed for square dancing
  

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• adjective satellite having a relatively square jaw
  

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• adjective satellite rigged with square sails as the principal ones
  

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Square"-rigged` adjective

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1. (Naut.) Having the sails extended upon yards suspended horizontally by the middle, as distinguished from fore-and-aft sails; thus, a ship and a brig are square-rigged vessels.

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• noun a square-rigged sailing ship
  

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• adjective satellite shaped like a square
  

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• adjective satellite having broad shoulders
  broad-shouldered; big-shouldered.
  
  • big-shouldered and heavy-armed

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• adjective satellite having a square tail
  

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• adjective satellite exaggeratedly proper
  puritanical; prissy; straight-laced; straitlaced; strait-laced; tight-laced; victorian; prudish; prim; straightlaced; priggish.
  
  • my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts
• adjective satellite having a square toe
  square-toed.
  
  • square-toed shoes

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Square"-toed` noun

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1. Having the toe square.

   Obsolete as fardingales, ruffs, and square-toed shoes. V. Knox.

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Square"-toes` noun

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1. A precise person; -- used contemptuously or jocularly. Thackeray.

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• adjective satellite having a square toe
  square-toed.
  
  • square-toed shoes

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• noun medium-sized greyish to yellow seal with bristles each side of muzzle; of the Arctic Ocean
  Erignathus barbatus; bearded seal.
  

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T" square`

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1. See under T.

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• noun a square used by draftsmen to draw parallel lines
  

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Three"-square` adjective

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1. Having a cross section in the form of an equilateral triangle; -- said especially of a kind of file.

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• having three, five, etc., equal sides; as, a three-square file.

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• noun the area of Manhattan around the intersection of Broadway and Seventh Avenue; heart of the New York theater district; site of annual celebration of New Year's
  

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• to be all settled. Colloq. Dickens.

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• to be in a state of quarreling. Obs. Nares.

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• to give no offense; to make no difference. Obs.

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• to create no trouble. Obs.

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• to depart from an accustomed order.

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• to get even with; to pay off. Colloq.

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• (Mil.), to reform the line or column from the square.

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• to see how the game proceeds; a phrase taken from the game of chess, the chessboard being formed with squares. Obs. L'Estrange.

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• to raise the shoulders so as to give them a square appearance, a movement expressing contempt or dislike. Sir W. Scott.

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• (Math.), to determine the exact contents of a circle in square measure. The solution of this famous problem is now generally admitted to be impossible.

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• noun a square in central London where there is a memorial to Admiral Nelson
  

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• noun a square having a metal ruler set at right angles to another straight piece
  

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Try"-square` noun

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1. An instrument used by carpenters, joiners, etc., for laying off right angles off right angles, and testing whether work is square.

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• noun a puzzle where you fill a square grid with words reading the same down as across
  acrostic.
  

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• a series of words so arranged that they can be read vertically and horizontally with like results.

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