quadrature of the circle

noun Mathematics.

the insoluble problem of constructing, by the methods of Euclidean geometry, a square equal in area to a given circle.

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Also called squaring the circle.

Origin of quadrature of the circle

First recorded in 1590–1600

Words nearby quadrature of the circle

quadratic form, quadratic formula, quadratic residue, quadratics, quadrature, quadrature of the circle, quadrel, quadrella, quadrennial, quadrennium, quadri-
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