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Greco-Latin square

Greco-Latin square noun: a form of Latin square formed by the superposition of two Latin squares that do not lead to the same composite value appearing in any of the squares of the result.

Noun

Greco-Latin square (plural Greco-Latin squares)

  1. A form of Latin square formed by the superposition of two Latin squares that do not lead to the same composite value appearing in any of the squares of the result.
    • Bose and Shrikhande then applied these rules and were able to build a Greco-Latin square of order 22. This disproved Euler's conjecture, as 22 is an even number not divisible by four.2013, Natalia Juristo, Ana M. Moreno, Basics of Software Engineering Experimentation, page 381
    • Table 3.3.3.1 shows a Greco-Latin square with four treatments.2018, Reza Hoshmand, Design of Experiments for Agriculture and the Natural Sciences, page 48

Forms of Greco-Latin square

pluralGreco-Latin squares

Questions about Greco-Latin square

What does Greco-Latin square mean?
Greco-Latin square means a form of Latin square formed by the superposition of two Latin squares that do not lead to the same composite value appearing in any of the squares of the result.
What part of speech is Greco-Latin square?
Greco-Latin square is a noun.
What is the plural of Greco-Latin square?
The plural of Greco-Latin square is Greco-Latin squares.

Words near Greco-Latin square in the dictionary

  1. Greco-Bactrian
  2. Greco-Bactrians
  3. Greco-Buddhism
  4. Greco-Egyptian
  5. Greco-Latin
  6. Greco-Latin square
  7. Greco-Latin squares
  8. Greco-Roman
  9. Greco-Roman wrestling
  10. grecocycline
  11. grecocyclines

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