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Meaning of "magic square" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MAGIC SQUARE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MAGIC SQUARE

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Magic square is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MAGIC SQUARE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Magic square

In recreational mathematics, a magic square is an arrangement of distinct numbers, usually integers, in a square grid, where the numbers in each row, and in each column, and the numbers in the forward and backward main diagonals, all add up to the same number. A magic square has the same number of rows as it has columns, and in conventional math notation, "n" stands for the number of rows it has. Thus, a magic square always contains n2 numbers, and its size is described as being "of order n". A magic square that contains the integers from 1 to n2 is called a normal magic square. It is possible to construct a normal magic square of any size except 2 × 2, although the solution to a magic square where n = 1 is trivial, since it consists simply of a single cell containing the number 1. The smallest nontrivial case, shown below, is a 3 × 3 grid. The constant that is the sum of every row, column and diagonal is called the magic constant or magic sum, M.

Definition of magic square in the English dictionary

The definition of magic square in the dictionary is a square array of rows of integers arranged so that the sum of the integers is the same when taken vertically, horizontally, or diagonally.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MAGIC SQUARE

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WORDS THAT END LIKE MAGIC SQUARE

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Synonyms and antonyms of magic square in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «magic square» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MAGIC SQUARE

Find out the translation of magic square to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of magic square from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «magic square» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

幻方
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cuadrado mágico
570 millions of speakers

English

magic square
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

जादू वर्ग
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

المربع السحري
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

магический квадрат
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

quadrado mágico
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

জাদু বর্গক্ষেত্র
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

carré magique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sihir persegi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

magisches Quadrat
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

魔方陣
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

마방진
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Magic square
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ma thuật vuông
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மாய சதுரம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

जादू चौरस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Sihirli kare
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

quadrato magico
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

magiczny kwadrat
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

магічний квадрат
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pătrat magie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μαγικό τετράγωνο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

towervierkant
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

magisk kvadrat
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

magisk kvadrat
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MAGIC SQUARE»

The term «magic square» is regularly used and occupies the 57.491 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about magic square

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MAGIC SQUARE»

Discover the use of magic square in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to magic square and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
One Magic Square: Grow Your Own Food on One Square Metre
ONE MAGIC SQUARE shows how, with a ten-minute effort, you can start your own productive food garden on a single square metre.
Lolo Houbein, 2008
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Outside the Magic Square: A Handbook for Food Security
Outside the Magic Square considers issues of food security and offers solutions at the street, neighbourhood and global levels.
Lolo Houbein, 2012
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One Magic Square: The Easy, Organic Way to Grow Your Own ...
One Magic Square includes: Earth-friendly tips, tricks, and solutions for establishing and maintaining an organic garden Illustrated, annotated plans for 30 plots with different themes—including perennials and “pick-and-come-again” ...
Lolo Houbein, 2010
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The Magic Square...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Hermann Schubert, 2012
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Magic Squares and Cubes
In "Magic Squares and Cubes" W.S. Andrews writes "The study of magic squares probably dates back to prehistoric times.
William Symes Andrews, 2004
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Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and ...
The Luoshu chart magic square probably first went to India and then to the Arab countries, where other magic squares were later developed in their individual ways. From the Arab countries magic squares were said to be first brought to ...
Helaine Selin, 1997
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The Puzzle Instinct: The Meaning of Puzzles in Human Life
One of the oldest and most admired of all puzzle genres is the magic square. A magic square is formed by arranging consecutive numbers in the cells of a square array so that the sums of the rows, columns, and diagonals are equaL For  ...
Marcel Danesi, 2004
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The Universal Book of Mathematics: From Abracadabra to ...
From Abracadabra to Zeno's Paradoxes David Darling. Malfatti circles 195 magic square A replica of a cast iron 6×6 magic square (vertical, horizontal, and main diagonal lines add to 111) from the Chinese Yuan dynasty (1271–1368), used as  ...
David Darling, 2004
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The Mathematics of Egypt, Mesopotamia, China, India, and ...
A magic square may be of three sorts: having an even garbha, having an odd garbha, and the odd. Those [magic squares] which are mixed and circular are called upabhadras. 14.4. When the number of a magic square is divided by four and ...
Victor J. Katz, Annette Imhausen, 2007
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Writing Pascal Programs
6.1 The problem description A magic square of order n is an n x n square containing the numbers 1 to n2 such that the sum of each row, each column and the two main diagonals is constant and equal to n(n2+ 1)/2. Fig. 6.1 shows a magic ...
Jeffrey Soden Rohl, 1983

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MAGIC SQUARE»

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Must-see destinations for international tourists
There is a magic square in the Passion Façade of the La Sagrada Familia. The sum of numbers located in each single line, row or diagonal in ... «Daily Sabah, Jul 15»
2
Liège on target to become “Smart city” thanks to new technologies
“Liège is located at the centre of the 'magic square' (Amsterdam, Paris, Frankfurt, and London), an area with 100 million residents and ... «The Brussels Times, Jun 15»
3
Comparing musical Apples to oranges
I've been happy with the options in Spotify so far, and even my Android phone has a “magic square” that creates a mood-based playlist from my ... «Western Star, Jun 15»
4
Cameroon sink Burkina Faso in thriller
Fernandez, part of the great 1980s France 'Magic Square' midfield that included Michel Platini, Alain Giresse and Jean Tigana, was ... «SuperSport, Jun 15»
5
Njie brace gives Cameroon dramatic victory
Fernandez, part of the great 1980s France 'Magic Square' midfield that included Michel Platini, Alain Giresse and Jean Tigana, was ... «Daily Mail, Jun 15»
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'The Cokeville Miracle' a story of faith that is designed for
... a quick-thinking teacher puts masking tape on the ground around David Young, telling the kids it's his Magic Square and they're all playing a ... «Standard-Examiner, Jun 15»
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The occult gambling game giving out amulets of real gold
The structure of the game took shape when he discovered the magic square, a grid of numbers where the digits of every column and row ... «Boing Boing, May 15»
8
Word Magic: The Sator Square
... palindrome that forms a magic square; that is, it reads the same backward, forward, down, or up, and on the magical qualities of writing itself. «Patheos, May 15»
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Microsoft's HoloLens is new, improved, and still has big problems
It produces a magic square the size of a large TV screen, and the moment something slips outside, it disappears. It's possible to imagine that a ... «The Verge, May 15»
10
Former PSG coach Luis Fernandez named Guinea manager
As a player, Fernandez earned 60 caps and scored six goals for France, where he formed 'The Magic Square' with Jean Tigana, Michel Platini ... «Ahram Online, Apr 15»

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