square number

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noun

a number that is the square of another integer, as 1 of 1, 4 of 2, 9 of 3, etc.

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Origin of square number

First recorded in 1550–60

Words nearby square number

square meal, square measure, square meter, square mile, square millimeter, square number, square off, square of opposition, square one, square one's shoulders, square peg in a round hole

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How to use square number in a sentence

It is required to find two square numbers whose sum is a given square number.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7|Various
Now, can you put them all together so as to form a single square number—(I) the smallest possible, and (II) the largest possible?
Amusements in Mathematics|Henry Ernest Dudeney
In fact, the sum of any number of consecutive cubes, beginning always with 1, is in every case a square number.
Amusements in Mathematics|Henry Ernest Dudeney
Then came the further order, "All pyramids are to contain a square number of balls."
Amusements in Mathematics|Henry Ernest Dudeney

Any square number may be expressed as the sum of two squares in an infinite number of different ways.
Amusements in Mathematics|Henry Ernest Dudeney

British Dictionary definitions for square number

square number

noun

an integer, such as 1, 4, 9, or 16, that is the square of an integer

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