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squares the circle

squares the circle is the third-person singular simple present indicative of square the circle.

Meaning of square the circle

Verb

square the circle (third-person singular simple present squares the circle, present participle squaring the circle, simple past and past participle squared the circle)

  1. (literal) To construct a square with the same area as a given circle by using only a finite number of steps with compass and straightedge, a task which is mathematically impossible.
    • The problem of squaring the circle is the problem of determining the ratio of the circumference of a circle to the diameter, which is called π.1946, Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, I.24
  2. (figuratively) To solve a famously difficult or impossible problem.

Questions about squares the circle

What is squares the circle the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Squares the circle is the third-person singular simple present indicative of square the circle.

Words near squares the circle in the dictionary

  1. squares
  2. squares around
  3. squares away
  4. squares of opposition
  5. squares off
  6. squares the circle
  7. squares up
  8. squaresail
  9. squaresails
  10. squarest
  11. Squaresville

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