Square vs. Cube

Square vs. Cube — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Square and Cube

Squarenoun

(geometry) A polygon with four sides of equal length and four right angles; an equilateral rectangle; a regular quadrilateral.

Cubenoun

(geometry) A regular polyhedron having six identical square faces.

Squarenoun

(metonymically) Something characterized by a square, or nearly square, form.

Cubenoun

Any object more or less in the form of a cube.

a sugar cubea stock cube

Squarenoun

A cell in a grid.

You may not move a piece to a square already occupied by one of your own pieces.

Cubenoun

(mathematics) The third power of a number, value, term or expression.

the cube of 2 is 8
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Squarenoun

A square piece, part, or surface, such as a square of glass.

Cubenoun

(computing) A data structure consisting of a three-dimensional array; a data cube

Squarenoun

The front of a woman's dress over the bosom, usually worked or embroidered.

Cubenoun

A cubicle, especially one of those found in offices.

My co-worker annoys me by throwing things over the walls of my cube.

Squarenoun

(North America) A dessert cut into rectangular pieces, or a piece of such a dessert.

Cubeverb

To raise to the third power; to determine the result of multiplying by itself twice.

Three cubed can be written as 33, and equals twenty-seven.
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Squarenoun

(printing) A certain number of lines, forming a portion of a column, nearly square; used chiefly in reckoning the prices of advertisements in newspapers.

Cubeverb

(transitive) To form into the shape of a cube.

Squarenoun

An L- or T-shaped tool used to place objects or draw lines at right angles.

Cubeverb

(transitive) To cut into cubes.

Cube the ham right after adding the curry to the rice.

Squarenoun

A true measure, standard, or pattern.

Cubeverb

(UK) to use a Rubik's cube.

He likes to cube now and then.

Squarenoun

An open space often in the center of a town, not necessarily square in shape, often containing trees, seating and other features pleasing to the eye.

Cubenoun

a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides

Squarenoun

(mathematics) The product of a number or quantity multiplied by itself; the second power of a number, value, term or expression.

64 is the square of 8.

Cubenoun

a hexahedron with six equal squares as faces

Squarenoun

(military) A body of troops drawn up in a square formation.

Cubenoun

the product of three equal terms

Squarenoun

(1950s slang) A socially conventional or conservative person; a person who has little or no interest in the latest fads or trends: still sometimes used in modern terminology.

Why do you always wear a tie? Don't be such a square!

Cubenoun

any of several tropical American woody plants of the genus Lonchocarpus whose roots are used locally as a fish poison and commercially as a source of rotenone

Squarenoun

(British) The symbol # on a telephone; hash.

Enter your account number followed by a square.

Cubenoun

a block in the (approximate) shape of a cube

Squarenoun

(cricket) The central area of a cricket field, with one or more pitches of which only one is used at a time.

An ideal playing area is roughly circular in shape with a central area, the cricket square, measuring 27.44 metres by 27.44 metres and boundaries 45.75 metres from the sides of the square.

Cubeverb

raise to the third power

Squarenoun

(real estate) A unit of measurement of area, equal to a 10 foot by 10 foot square, i.e. 100 square feet or roughly 9.3 square metres. Used in real estate for the size of a house or its rooms, though progressively being replaced by square metres in metric countries such as Australia.

2007: The house is very large and open and boasts 39 squares of living space plus over 13 squares of decking area on 3 sides and 17 squares of garage and workshop downstairs. — Your Estate advertisement for Grindelwald Tasmania [http://www.yourestate.com.au/property_12753.php]

Cubeverb

cut into cubes;

cube the cheese

Squarenoun

(roofing) A unit used in measuring roof area equivalent to 100 square feet (9.29 m2) of roof area.

Squarenoun

(academia) A mortarboard

Squarenoun

A square meal.

Even when times were tough, we got three squares a day.

Squarenoun

(archaic) Exact proportion; justness of workmanship and conduct; regularity; rule.

Squarenoun

The relation of harmony, or exact agreement; equality; level.

Squarenoun

(astrology) The position of planets distant ninety degrees from each other; a quadrate.

Squarenoun

(dated) The act of squaring, or quarrelling; a quarrel.

Squarenoun

(slang) Cigarette.

Squarenoun

(brewing) A vat used for fermentation.

Squareadjective

Shaped like a square the polygon.

Squareadjective

Forming a right angle, especially (nautical) at right angles with the mast or the keel, and parallel to the horizon; said of the yards of a square-rigged vessel when they are so braced.

a square corner

Squareadjective

Of numbers formed by multiplying two equal numbers.

9 is a square number.

Squareadjective

Used in the names of units of area formed by multiplying a unit of length by itself.

square metresquare mile

Squareadjective

Honest; straightforward.

square dealing

Squareadjective

Fair.

I'm just looking for a square deal on my car repair.

Squareadjective

Even; tied

to make or leave the accounts squareThe sides were square at the end of the half.

Squareadjective

(slang) Socially conventional; boring.

Squareadjective

(cricket) In line with the batsman's popping crease.

Squareadjective

Correctly aligned with respect to something else.

Squareadjective

hearty; vigorous

It may be prison, but at least I'm getting three square meals a day.

Squareadjective

Having a shape broad for the height, with angular rather than curving outlines.

a man of a square frame

Squareverb

(transitive) To adjust so as to align with or place at a right angle to something else; in particular:

The casting was mounted on a milling machine so that its sides could be squared.

Squareverb

(nautical) To place at a right angle to the keel.

to square the yards

Squareverb

To resolve or reconcile.

John can square this question up for us.These results just don't square.

Squareverb

To adjust or adapt so as to bring into harmony with something.

I cannot square the results of the experiment with my hypothesis.to square our actions by the opinions of others

Squareverb

Of a value, term, or expression, to multiply by itself; to raise to the second power.

Squareverb

(transitive) To draw, with a pair of compasses and a straightedge only, a square with the same area as.

square the circle

Squareverb

(soccer) To make a short low pass sideways across the pitch

Squareverb

(archaic) To take opposing sides; to quarrel.

Squareverb

To accord or agree exactly; to be consistent with; to suit; to fit.

Squareverb

(obsolete) To go to opposite sides; to take an attitude of offense or defense, or of defiance; to quarrel.

Squareverb

To take a boxing attitude; often with up or off.

Squareverb

To form with four sides and four right angles.

Squareverb

To form with right angles and straight lines, or flat surfaces.

to square mason's work

Squareverb

To compare with, or reduce to, any given measure or standard.

Squareverb

(astrology) To hold a quartile position respecting.

Squarenoun

(geometry) a plane rectangle with four equal sides and four right angles; a four-sided regular polygon;

you can compute the area of a square if you know the length of its sides

Squarenoun

the product of two equal terms;

nine is the second power of threegravity is inversely proportional to the square of the distance

Squarenoun

an open area at the meeting of two or more streets

Squarenoun

something approximating the shape of a square

Squarenoun

someone who doesn't understand what is going on

Squarenoun

a formal and conservative person with old-fashioned views

Squarenoun

any artifact having a shape similar to a plane geometric figure with four equal sides and four right angles;

a checkerboard has 64 squares

Squarenoun

a hand tool consisting of two straight arms at right angles; used to construct or test right angles;

the carpenter who built this room must have lost his square

Squareverb

raise to the second power

Squareverb

make square;

Square the circlesquare the wood with a file

Squareverb

cause to match, as of ideas or acts

Squareverb

position so as to be square;

He squared his shoulders

Squareverb

be compatible with;

one idea squares with another

Squareverb

pay someone and settle a debt;

I squared with him

Squareverb

turn the paddle; in canoeing

Squareverb

turn the oar, while rowing

Squareadjective

having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle;

a square peg in a round holea square corner

Squareadjective

leaving no balance;

my account with you is now all square

Squareadjective

characterized by honesty and fairness;

a square dealwanted to do the square thing

Squareadjective

without evasion or compromise;

a square contradictionhe is not being as straightforward as it appears

Squareadjective

rigidly conventional or old-fashioned

Squareadverb

in a straight direct way;

looked him squarely in the eyeran square into me

Squareadverb

with honesty and fairness;

dealt squarely with his customersalways treated me square

Squareadverb

in a square shape;

a squarely cut piece of paperfolded the sheet of paper square

Squareadverb

firmly and solidly;

hit the ball squarelythe bat met the ball squarelyplanted his great bulk square before his enemy