Square

A square as a geometric shape is described and illustrated at square (geometry). There are other concepts derived from it:

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• the geometric unit square;
• the square units of measurement, such as the square mile, square meter, square kilometer, square inch, and square megameter;
• the square waveform.

But a square is also several other things, conceptually or etymologically derived from the shape:

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• an algebraic square,
• and the closely related square number
• and perfect square;
• a town square (see also market square, piazza, plateia, plaza);
• the town of Central Square, New York;
• the carpentry square, combination square, try square and machinist square;
• the technical drawing tool called the T-square;
• a square is a difficult astrological aspect of approx. 90 degrees in Astrology;
• A Square, the main narrator of the geometry story Flatland;
• on the subject of video games, Square was Japanese video game company, most famous for its Final Fantasy series of games. Square Pictures was a movie studio spin-off of that company. It is now known as Square Enix;
• square as slang (noun or adjective) for an unhip person;
• square as slang for a cigarette;
• the Square cryptographic block cipher;
• the various square dances;
• the Mandarin square insignia;
• the hawk species the Square-tailed Kite;
• the sailing term, square-rigging;
• the pike square and infantry square, two military tactical formations.

Geometric: REDIRECT Geometry...

Shape: In geometry, two objects are of the same shape if one can be transformed to another (ignoring color) by dilating (that is, by multiplying all distances by the same factor) and then, if necessary, rotating and translating. Dilation changes the size but not the shape; rotation and translation preserv...

Square (geometry): 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, rectangles, rhombi, kites, parallelograms, and isosceles trapezoids/isosceles trapezia....

Square related Images and Photos (experimental)

Square One	Square No. 19	Time Square	Square by Square Puzzle
Times Square	Times Square	Apple Square	Times Square
Yellow Square	Times Square I	Hanover Square	Jackson Square