'Squaring' definitions:
Definition of 'Squaring'
From: GCIDE
- Square \Square\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Squared (skw[^a]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Squaring.] [Cf. OF. escarrer, esquarrer. See Square, n.]
- 1. To form with four equal sides and four right angles. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To form with right angles and straight lines, or flat surfaces; as, to square masons' work. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To compare with, or reduce to, any given measure or standard. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To adjust; to regulate; to mold; to shape; to fit; as, to square our actions by the opinions of others. [1913 Webster]
- Square my trial To my proportioned strength. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To make even, so as to leave no remainder or difference; to balance; as, to square accounts. [1913 Webster]
- 6. (Math.) To multiply by itself; as, to square a number or a quantity. [1913 Webster]
- 7. (Astrol.) To hold a quartile position respecting. [1913 Webster]
- The icy Goat and Crab that square the Scales. --Creech. [1913 Webster]
- 8. (Naut.) To place at right angles with the keel; as, to square the yards. [1913 Webster]
- To square one's shoulders, to raise the shoulders so as to give them a square appearance, -- a movement expressing contempt or dislike. --Sir W. Scott.
- To square the circle (Math.), to determine the exact contents of a circle in square measure. The solution of this famous problem is now generally admitted to be impossible. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'squaring'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accommodation,
- adaptation,
- adjustment,
- amends,
- assimilation,
- atonement,
- attunement,
- biquadrate,
- coaptation,
- compensation,
- composition,
- compromise,
- coordination,
- expiation,
- expiatory offering,
- four,
- four-part diaphony,
- foursome,
- harmonization,
- indemnification,
- indemnity,
- integration,
- Little Joe,
- making amends,
- making good,
- making right,
- making up,
- paying back,
- peace offering,
- piaculum,
- propitiation,
- quad,
- quadrangle,
- quadrature,
- quadrennium,
- quadrilateral,
- quadrille,
- quadrinomial,
- quadruplet,
- quartet,
- quatern,
- quaternary,
- quaternion,
- quaternity,
- quatrefoil,
- quittance,
- reclamation,
- recompense,
- reconcilement,
- reconciliation,
- rectangle,
- redemption,
- redress,
- refund,
- regulation,
- reimbursement,
- reparation,
- repayment,
- requital,
- restitution,
- retribution,
- satisfaction,
- square,
- square dance,
- synchronization,
- tetrad,
- tetragon,
- tetragram,
- tetragrammaton,
- tetrahedron,
- tetralogy,
- tetraphony,
- tetrapody,
- timing
Words containing 'Squaring'
- On the square,
- On the square with,
- Square,
- Squared,
- Squarely,
- Squareness,
- T square,
- To be all squares,
- To be at square,
- square off,
- square up,
- Beacon Square,
- Caliper square,
- Central Square,
- Face of a square,
- Fair and square,
- Frankfort Square,
- Franklin Square,
- Geometric square,
- Geometrical square,
- Hollow square,
- Inner square,
- Kennett Square,
- Least square,
- Least squares,
- Magic square,
- Miter square,
- New Square,
- Quarter square,
- Rich Square,
- Solid square,
- Square foot,
- Square knot,
- Square measure,
- Square number,
- Square piano,
- Square sail,
- Square stern,
- To break no squares,
- To break squares,
- To get square with,
- To reduce a square,
- To square the circle,
- Upon the square,
- Upon the square with,
- Word square,
- bevel square,
- carpenter's square,
- latin square,
- market square,
- public square,
- set square,
- square and rabbet,
- square away,
- square block,
- square bracket,
- square dance,
- square dancer,
- square dancing,
- square deal,
- square dealing,
- square inch,
- square matrix,
- square meal,
- square meter,
- square metre,
- square mile,
- square nut,
- square one,
- square root,
- square sails,
- square shooter,
- square toes,
- square yard,
- t-square,
- times square,
- trafalgar square,
- try square,
- Beacon Square, FL,
- Central Square, NY,
- Error of the mean square,
- Five-square,
- Frankfort Square, IL,
- Franklin Square, NY,
- Kennett Square, PA,
- New Square, NY,
- Rich Square, NC,
- Square root of a number,
- Square root of a quantity,
- Square-rigged,
- Square-toed,
- Square-toes,
- Three-square,
- To see how the squares go,
- To square one's shoulders,
- Try-square,
- eigenvalue of a square matrix,
- fair-and-square,
- knight of the square flag,
- mean square deviation,
- method of least squares,
- square-bashing,
- square-built,
- square-jawed,
- square-rigger,
- square-shaped,
- square-shouldered,
- square-tailed,
- squared-toe,
- squareflipper square flipper,
- Mean-square error,
- Mercerville-Hamilton Square,
- characteristic root of a square matrix,
- pounds per square inch,
- square-dance music,
- Mercerville-Hamilton Square, NJ