(n.) A parallelogram having four equal sides and four right angles.
(n.) Hence, anything which is square, or nearly so
(n.) A square piece or fragment.
(n.) A pane of glass.
(n.) A certain number of lines, forming a portion of a column, nearly square; -- used chiefly in reckoning the prices of advertisements in newspapers.
(n.) One hundred superficial feet.
(n.) An area of four sides, generally with houses on each side; sometimes, a solid block of houses; also, an open place or area for public use, as at the meeting or intersection of two or more streets.
(n.) An instrument having at least one right angle and two or more straight edges, used to lay out or test square work. It is of several forms, as the T square, the carpenter's square, the try-square., etc.
(n.) Hence, a pattern or rule.
(n.) The product of a number or quantity multiplied by itself; thus, 64 is the square of 8, for 8 / 8 = 64; the square of a + b is a2 + 2ab + b2.
(n.) Exact proportion; justness of workmanship and conduct; regularity; rule.
(n.) A body of troops formed in a square, esp. one formed to resist a charge of cavalry; a squadron.
(n.) Fig.: The relation of harmony, or exact agreement; equality; level.
(n.) The position of planets distant ninety degrees from each other; a quadrate.
(n.) The act of squaring, or quarreling; a quarrel.
(n.) The front of a woman's dress over the bosom, usually worked or embroidered.
(a.) Having four equal sides and four right angles; as, a square figure.
(a.) Forming a right angle; as, a square corner.
(a.) Having a shape broad for the height, with rectilineal and angular rather than curving outlines; as, a man of a square frame.
(a.) Exactly suitable or correspondent; true; just.
(a.) Rendering equal justice; exact; fair; honest, as square dealing.
(a.) Even; leaving no balance; as, to make or leave the accounts square.
(a.) Leaving nothing; hearty; vigorous.
(a.) 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.
(n.) To form with four sides and four right angles.
(n.) To form with right angles and straight lines, or flat surfaces; as, to square mason's work.
(n.) To compare with, or reduce to, any given measure or standard.
(n.) To adjust; to regulate; to mold; to shape; to fit; as, to square our actions by the opinions of others.
(n.) To make even, so as leave no remainder of difference; to balance; as, to square accounts.
(n.) To multiply by itself; as, to square a number or a quantity.
(n.) To hold a quartile position respecting.
(n.) To place at right angles with the keel; as, to square the yards.
(v. i.) To accord or agree exactly; to be consistent with; to conform or agree; to suit; to fit.
(v. i.) To go to opposite sides; to take an attitude of offense or defense, or of defiance; to quarrel.
(v. i.) To take a boxing attitude; -- often with up, sometimes with off.
Example Sentences:
(1) The compressive strength of bone is proportional to the square of the apparent density and to the strain rate raised to the 0.06 power.
(2) Former lawmaker and historian Faraj Najm said the ruling resets Libya “back to square one” and that the choice now faced by the Tobruk-based parliament is “between bad and worse”.
(3) Paired tolbutamide and glucose infusions using a square wave technique demonstrated that although early phase insulin secretion is dimished in the fetus, this is not due to an absolute deficiency of stored insulin.
(4) The summary statistics examined are (a) the slope of the least-squares regression of the marker, (b) the average of the last r measurements, and (c) the difference between the averages of the last r and the first s measurements.
(5) High concordance was observed between a positive test and relapse during the period of study (chi-square = 27.53, P less than 0.001).
(6) At 1 month the rate of production of 6-keto-PGF1 alpha per square millimeter of surface area of experimental segments was normal.
(7) In this paper we propose an alternative approach, based on a simple adjustment of the standard Pearson chi-square test for the equality of proportions.
(8) After restrained least-squares refinement of the enzyme-substrate complex with the riboflavin omitted from the model, additional electron density appeared near the pyrophosphate, which indicated the presence of an ADPR molecule in the FAD binding site of PHBH.
(9) Similarly, while those in the City continue to adopt a Millwall FC-style attitude of "no one likes us, we don't care", there is no incentive for them to heed the advice and demands of the public, who those in the Square Mile prefer to dismiss as intemperate ignoramuses.
(10) The feasibility of estimating these parameters, demonstrated by the present study, suggests that a recursive least squares estimation procedure could be used to recover the time variation of each parameter during exercise stress testing of subjects with normal or nearly normal gas exchange.
(11) Concentrations of DLIS were detectable in significantly more (58.3%) of the 12 CHF patients (group A) who were not receiving digoxin than in the 22 normal volunteers tested (13.6%) (P less than 0.05 by both chi-square and Fisher's exact test).
(12) According to the duration of filtered QRS (fQRS), to the voltage of root mean square of the terminal 40 ms (RMS 40) and to the duration of low amplitude terminal components of the sinus cycles, ventricular late potentials were detected in nine out of 29 subjects.
(13) In a BBC Radio 4 performance that attempts to underline his status as a normal bloke – although he admits he was too "square" to attract a girlfriend at university – Miliband's luxury item is a weekly chicken tikka masala from his local north London Indian takeaway.
(14) The overall median density was 123 cells per field, which corresponds to 6,950 cells per square mm.
(15) The structure of Mn(III) superoxide dismutase (Mn(III)SOD) from Thermus thermophilus, a tetramer of chains 203 residues in length, has been refined by restrained least-squares methods.
(16) SSR was evoked by square wave electric stimulation through a pair of surface electrodes placed on the unilateral forearm.
(17) After excluding isonymous matings the chi-square values for unique and nonunique surname pairs remained significant for both religious groups.
(18) Over the past year, under the rule of Abdel Fatah al-Sisi , security forces have ousted street sellers from the core of the city centre and prominent locations such as Ramses Square, home to Cairo’s main train terminal.
(19) The ideal body weight (kg) of each individual can be calculated by the following formula: ideal body mass index x the height (m)2, since body mass index is expressed by the body weight in kilogram divided by the height squared in meters.
(20) By comparison in the Netherlands, where there is a better technical training provision, every secondary school is built with an additional 650 square metres of non-academic training space; an investment of more than £1.5m per school.” The Association of School and College Leaders criticised the absence of more funding for students studying for A-levels.
Tool
Definition:
(n.) An instrument such as a hammer, saw, plane, file, and the like, used in the manual arts, to facilitate mechanical operations; any instrument used by a craftsman or laborer at his work; an implement; as, the tools of a joiner, smith, shoe-maker, etc.; also, a cutter, chisel, or other part of an instrument or machine that dresses work.
(n.) A machine for cutting or shaping materials; -- also called machine tool.
(n.) Hence, any instrument of use or service.
(n.) A weapon.
(n.) A person used as an instrument by another person; -- a word of reproach; as, men of intrigue have their tools, by whose agency they accomplish their purposes.
(v. t.) To shape, form, or finish with a tool.
(v. t.) To drive, as a coach.
Example Sentences:
(1) Spectral analysis of spontaneous heart rate fluctuations, a powerful noninvasive tool for quantifying autonomic nervous system activity, was assessed in Xenopus Laevis, intact or spinalized, at different temperatures and by use of pharmacological tools.
(2) The HTCA is promising as a potential tool for studying the biology of tumors.
(3) But both for malaria and Aids we’re seeing the tools that will let us do 95-100% reduction.
(4) These studies demonstrate the potential of ICAM-1 transfectants as tools for analysis of the role of ICAM-1 in lymphoid adhesion.
(5) This method can characterize reliably flavivirus field isolates at the molecular level without extensive virus propagation and molecular cloning, and will be a valuable tool for molecular epidemiological studies.
(6) The basic principle of the resonant tool, its adaptation for surgery, the experimental results of its use in animals, and clinical experience are reported.
(7) Colloidal gold immuno-electron microscopy is a powerful tool for defining antigenicity at the subcellular level.
(8) A diversity of serogroups and toxigenicity was a general finding, however, strains found in the proximal gut were also cultured from the rectum, indicating that faecal specimens would be a valid tool in investigating the role of these organisms in SIDS cases compared with healthy controls.
(9) SR 42128 is a potent and long-acting tool for studying the role of the renin angiotensin system in primates and humans.
(10) In this study we propose a method for the analysis of the relationship between heart rate changes and respiration as a possible diagnostic tool for cardiac autonomic damage.
(11) However LHRH agonists alone or in combination with ovarian steroids are of potential value as a research tool.
(12) These findings demonstrate that heteroantisera can provide an additional important tool for dissecting the heterogeneity of T-cell leukemias and for relating them to more differentiated normal T cells.
(13) This model provides a standard nonoperative approach for the induction of intestinal ischemia in dogs and could be a valuable tool in the study of intestinal ischemia.
(14) Before we embark on the next steps of the global technological revolution, we must ensure that the most basic of online tools are accessible to all.
(15) This ion-selective microelectrode may show promise as a useful tool for the determination of intracellular bile salt activity.
(16) Axotomy should be a useful tool for determining which other neurotransmitter receptors are produced by facial motoneurons and efferent neurons in other cranial nerve nuclei.
(17) Given that patient preferences constitute a central concept within the framework of HRQL, further empirical evaluation of utility measures of preference is fundamental to improving the HRQL measurement tool-kit.
(18) This study also demonstrates that pulsed-field gel electrophoresis is a powerful new tool for the analysis of human chromosomal translocations.
(19) In order to maximize the utility of these tools a high degree of reliability is essential.
(20) Extraction tools included flexible, telescoping sheaths advanced over the lead to dilate scar tissue and apply countertraction, deflection catheters, and wire basket snares.