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WHAT DOES SQUARE THE CIRCLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Squaring the circle

Squaring the circle is a problem proposed by ancient geometers. It is the challenge of constructing a square with the same area as a given circle by using only a finite number of steps with compass and straightedge. More abstractly and more precisely, it may be taken to ask whether specified axioms of Euclidean geometry concerning the existence of lines and circles entail the existence of such a square. In 1882, the task was proven to be impossible, as a consequence of the Lindemann–Weierstrass theorem which proves that pi is a transcendental, rather than an algebraic irrational number; that is, it is not the root of any polynomial with rational coefficients. It had been known for some decades before then that the construction would be impossible if pi were transcendental, but pi was not proven transcendental until 1882. Approximate squaring to any given non-perfect accuracy, in contrast, is possible in a finite number of steps, since there are rational numbers arbitrarily close to π. The expression "squaring the circle" is sometimes used as a metaphor for trying to do the impossible.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SQUARE THE CIRCLE

square dance
square go
square knot
square leg
square matrix
square meal
square measure
Square Mile
square number
square of opposition
square off
square peg
square piano
square root
square sail
square shooter
square shooting
square tin
square up
square wave

WORDS THAT END LIKE SQUARE THE CIRCLE

Arctic Circle
circle
come full circle
crop circle
dress circle
encircle
family circle
golden circle
great circle
half-circle
inner circle
Magic Circle
pitch circle
small circle
social circle
squared circle
traffic circle
turning circle
vicious circle
virtuous circle
winner´s circle

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

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Translation of «square the circle» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SQUARE THE CIRCLE

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Translator English - Chinese

方圆
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cuadratura del círculo
570 millions of speakers

English

square the circle
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

वर्ग के चक्र
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تربيع الدائرة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

квадратуру круга
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

quadratura do círculo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বৃত্ত বৃত্ত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

la quadrature du cercle
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Persegi bulatan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Quadratur des Kreises
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

円を正方形
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

원을 사각형
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Alun bunder
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vuông tròn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சதுரம் வட்டம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वर्तुळ स्क्वेअर करा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Daireyi kareler
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

la quadratura del cerchio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kwadratury koła
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

квадратуру круга
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pătrat cerc
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τετραγωνίσει τον κύκλο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

eigenlijk
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

det omöjliga
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kvadrat sirkel
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of square the circle

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SQUARE THE CIRCLE»

The term «square the circle» is normally little used and occupies the 120.557 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SQUARE THE CIRCLE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about square the circle

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SQUARE THE CIRCLE»

Discover the use of square the circle in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to square the circle and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Water, Agriculture and the Environment in Spain: can we ...
Water, agriculture and the environment in Spain: can we square the circle? Section I: Political framework and institutions • Water and food security framework • Legal, economic and administrative setting • Politics and institutions Section II: ...
Lucia De Stefano, M. Ramon Llamas, 2012
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Squaring the Circle: The War Between Hobbes and Wallis
Hobbes and Wallis's "battle of the books" illuminates the intimate relationship between science and crucial seventeenth-century debates over the limits of sovereign power and the existence of God.
Douglas M. Jesseph, 2000
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The Square and the Circle of the Indian Arts
Endless examples could be cited from sculptural bas-reliefs in Indian art, but the three or four mentioned here summarise our discussion on the square, the circle, the centre, the spokes or the radius, the circumference and the diminishing ...
Kapila Vatsyayan, 1997
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The Diagonal Line: Separation and Reparation in American ...
His attempt to capture and destroy the White Whale is the supreme quest to overturn that evil conspiracy, but in order to achieve a successful hunt, he must first square the circle — chart and plot the circumnavigation of Moby Dick. In seizing ...
August J. Nigro, 1984
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The Circle in the Square: The Story of a New Battle on Old ...
The Story of a New Battle on Old Fields Baldwin Sears. 4 • iranster trom Uirc. btpi, ^yV JAN 19»* ±nrs MBO THE CIRCLE IN THE SQUARE THE CIRCLE IN THE SQUARE.
Baldwin Sears, 1903
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THE QUADRATURE OF THE CIRCLE, THE SQUARE ROOT OF TWO, AND ...
Finally, this inquiry at that early day became so famous that Aristophanes in ridiculing Meton makes him appear on the stage, in his "Comedy of the Clouds," as promising to square the circle about 430 years before Christ. This was all the more ...
WILLIAM ALEXANDER MYERS, 1874
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The balance of physics, the square of the circle, and the
... the same value for an area; so that the diameter would be the same, as if we use a piece of circular cord, and draw it into a square, — the circle being by the new figure as a square of four equal parts of the 120 THE BALANCE OF PHYSICS.
Edward Dingle, 1885
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The Mathematics of Egypt, Mesopotamia, China, India, and ...
Shang Gao replied, "The patterns for these numbers come from the circle and the square. The circle comes from the square, the square comes from the trysquare, and the trysquare comes from [the fact that] nine nines are eighty-one.
Victor J. Katz, Annette Imhausen, 2007
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Knowledge and Questions
(7KAS) George knows some correct answer to the question as to how to square the circle and the corresponding knowledge-of-objects statements: (7KOE) For every way w in which he could squar e the circle, George knows that he could ...
Franck Lihoreau, 2008
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The Symbolism of the Stupa
The nature of the celestial world, by contrast, is expressed in the quaternary rhythm of the heavenly Cycle, a rhythm that translates geometrically into the figure of the square. The circle drawn about the gnomon is the earth in its apparent aspect ...
Adrian Snodgrass, 1992

5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SQUARE THE CIRCLE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term square the circle is used in the context of the following news items.
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Big pharma, NGO square the circle on access to vaccines
Big pharma, NGO square the circle on access to vaccines. EurActiv.com, by Georgi Gotev,. 26 Feb 2015 - 07:42 updated: 26 Feb 2015 - 11:58. Languages ... «EurActiv, Feb 15»
2
How to square the circle on bankers' allowances
The European Union's misguided bonus cap could yet be made to fit – if policymakers can square the circle on allowances. Worried about staff defections, banks ... «Breakingviews, Oct 14»
3
Federalism could square the circle for a divisive UK
On one level it's a curious commemoration, for third-time-lucky didn't apply when it came to answering the Irish Question. With the outbreak of war in August ... «Herald Scotland, Jun 14»
4
EU leaders to square the circle of cheap energy
EXCLUSIVE / EU leaders will grapple with controversial issues including shale gas development and climate change mitigation at an energy summit on 22 May, ... «EurActiv, May 13»
5
How to square the circle of paying prisoners properly
The Guardian has an interesting piece on the problems with paying prisoners on day release. Those in open prison, coming towards the end of their sentences, ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Aug 12»

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