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adj
Having four equal sides, the opposite sides parallel, and four right angles; square.
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adj
Produced by multiplying a number by itself; square.
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adj
Square; even; balanced; equal; exact.
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Usage: archaic
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adj
Squared; suited; correspondent.
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Usage: archaic
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noun
A plane surface with four equal sides and four right angles; a square; hence, figuratively, anything having the outline of a square.
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Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences
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noun
An aspect of the heavenly bodies in which they are distant from each other 90°, or the quarter of a circle; quartile.
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Topics: astrology, human-sciences, mysticism, philosophy, sciences
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noun
The quadrate bone.
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Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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verb
To adjust (a gun) on its carriage.
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Usage: archaic, transitive
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verb
To train (a gun) for horizontal firing.
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Usage: archaic, transitive
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verb
To square.
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Usage: ambitransitive, archaic
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verb
To square; to agree; to suit; to correspond (with).
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Usage: archaic, transitive
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adjective satellite
having four sides and four angles
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noun
a square-shaped object
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Broader terms: square, foursquare
noun
a cubelike object
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Broader terms: cube, regular hexahedron
History
From Middle English quadrat, quadrate, from Latin quadrātus (“square”), past participle of quadrō (“to make four-cornered, square, put in order, intransitive be square”), from quadra (“a square”), later quadrus (“square”), from quattuor (“four”).
From Middle English quadrat, quadrate, from Latin quadrātum. Doublet of quadrat; compare also quadrant (“square or quadrangle”).
From Latin quadrātus, past participle of quadrō.
