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square number
noun
- a number that is the square of another integer, as 1 of 1, 4 of 2, 9 of 3, etc.
square number
noun
- an integer, such as 1, 4, 9, or 16, that is the square of an integer
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Word History and Origins
Origin of square number1
First recorded in 1550–60
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Example Sentences
It is required to find two square numbers whose sum is a given square number.
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Now, can you put them all together so as to form a single square number—(I) the smallest possible, and (II) the largest possible?
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In fact, the sum of any number of consecutive cubes, beginning always with 1, is in every case a square number.
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Then came the further order, "All pyramids are to contain a square number of balls."
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Any square number may be expressed as the sum of two squares in an infinite number of different ways.
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