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Latin square

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

An n-by-n arrangement of n different integers such that each row, each column and each of the two diagonals contains each of the integers once and once only.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: mathematics, sciences

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noun

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: square matrix

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Across languages

Translations

11 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Czech: latinský čtverec — an n-by-n arrangement of n different integers
  • Dutch: Latijns vierkant — an n-by-n arrangement of n different integers
  • Finnish: latinalainen neliö — an n-by-n arrangement of n different integers
  • French: carré latin — an n-by-n arrangement of n different integers
  • German: lateinisches Quadrat — an n-by-n arrangement of n different integers
  • Icelandic: latneskur ferningur — an n-by-n arrangement of n different integers
  • Italian: quadrato latino — an n-by-n arrangement of n different integers
  • Polish: kwadrat łaciński — an n-by-n arrangement of n different integers
  • Portuguese: quadrado latino — an n-by-n arrangement of n different integers
  • Russian: лати́нский квадра́т (latínskij kvadrát) — an n-by-n arrangement of n different integers
  • Spanish: cuadrado latino — an n-by-n arrangement of n different integers