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# squared

adjective, verb form (squared; from square)

«squared» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Squared means multiplied by itself: five squared is 25, written 5². [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/squared/#m1)
2. Squared is used with units of area: meters squared, m². [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/squared/#m2)
3. Squared paper is paper ruled into small squares. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/squared/#m3)
4. Squared is the past form of square: he squared his shoulders. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/squared/#m4)

### In the lessons

Maths: a number times itself, or square units (meters squared); square numbers. Science: area units. Everyday: squared paper for graphs.

### Examples

- What is 7 squared? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/squared/#x1)
- 4 squared is 16. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/squared/#x2)
- The area is 30 meters squared. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/squared/#x3)
- 3 squared plus 2 is 11. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/squared/#x4)
- We drew the graph on squared paper. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/squared/#x5)
- Ten squared is one hundred. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/squared/#x6)
- Written small and high, the 2 in 5² means squared. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/squared/#x7)

### Note

n squared = n × n. Trap: not n × 2 (3 squared is 9, not 6). «Squared» is the second power; «cubed» is the third.

## In Jewish tradition

In Ezekiel's vision of the Temple it means made with straight, even four-cornered sides.

**Interpretation.** Tradition reads the exact measurements of Ezekiel's Temple as a promise of a perfect future House of God.

### Examples

- As for the temple, the jambs were squared; and the face of the sanctuary had an appearance such as is the appearance. (Prophets EZK.41.21, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/squared/#x1)

### Note

n squared = n × n. Trap: not n × 2 (3 squared is 9, not 6). «Squared» is the second power; «cubed» is the third.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «squared» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/squared/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«squared» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/squared.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «squared» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/squared/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«squared» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/squared.html) on Mova free.