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# squared

«squared» in Mova's school dictionary: **multiplied by itself: five squared is 25, written 5²** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective, verb form (squared; from square)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Squared means multiplied by itself: five squared is 25, written 5². [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/squared/#m1)

2) Squared is used with units of area: meters squared, m². [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/squared/#m2)

3) Squared paper is paper ruled into small squares. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/squared/#m3)

4) Squared is the past form of square: he squared his shoulders. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/squared/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

Maths: a number times itself, or square units (meters squared); square numbers. Science: area units. Everyday: squared paper for graphs.

### examples

- What is 7 squared? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/squared/#x1)
- 4 squared is 16. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/squared/#x2)
- The area is 30 meters squared. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/squared/#x3)
- 3 squared plus 2 is 11. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/squared/#x4)
- We drew the graph on squared paper. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/squared/#x5)
- Ten squared is one hundred. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/squared/#x6)
- Written small and high, the 2 in 5² means squared. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/squared/#x7)

### note

n squared = n × n. Trap: not n × 2 (3 squared is 9, not 6). «Squared» is the second power; «cubed» is the third.

### In the corpora

- [As for the temple, the jambs were squared; and the face of the sanctuary had an appearance such as is the appearance.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.1119/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «squared» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/squared/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.