squared

English

A squared square (a square tiled with squares)

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)d

Verb

squared

1. simple past and past participle of square

Adjective

squared (not comparable)

1. (geometry) Covered with a grid of squares.

   The children were taught to plot graphs on squared paper.

2. (mathematics) Raised to the second power.

Usage notes

When used attributively in the mathematical sense and applied to a phrase representing a mathematical or physical quantity, the adjective is usually postpositive, as in “3 squared plus 4 squared equals 5 squared”.

Synonyms

• ²
• square

Derived terms

• CDO squared
• CDO-squared
• squared circle

 

Translations

covered with a grid of squares

• Russian: в кле́тку (v kletku), в кле́точку (v kletochku) (of paper, notebook, etc.)
• Spanish: cuadriculado (es)

raised to the second power

• Czech: na druhou (cs)
• Dutch: kwadraat (nl)
• Finnish: toiseen (always after the thing it describes)
• French: carré (fr)
• German: zum Quadrat, Quadrat (de)
• Italian: alla seconda, al quadrato
• Japanese: 自乗 (ja) (jijо̄)
• Lithuanian: kvadratu
• Maori: pūrua
• Polish: kwadrat (pl), do kwadratu
• Portuguese: ao quadrado
• Romanian: ridicat la pătrat
• Russian: в квадра́те (ru) (v kvadrate)
• Spanish: al cuadrado, elevado al cuadrado
• Swedish: kvadrat (sv)
• Tagalog: dinawak