Square
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A square as a geometric shape is described and illustrated at square (geometry). There are other concepts derived from it:
- 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:
- an algebraic square,
- and the closely related square number
- and perfect square;
- a city square;
- the town of Central Square, New York;
- the carpentry square, combination square and try square;
- the drafting 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.
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