squared

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squared

1. simple past and past participle of square

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.

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”.

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