Cubed vs. Squared — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Cubed and Squared
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Cubed
(Mathematics) The third power of a number or quantity.
Squared
A polygon having four equal sides and four equal angles.
Cubed
(Mathematics) A regular solid having six congruent square faces.
Squared
Something having an equal-sided rectangular form
A square of cloth.
Cubed
Something having the general shape of a cube
A cube of sugar.
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Squared
A T-shaped or L-shaped instrument for drawing or testing right angles.
Cubed
A cubicle, used for work or study.
Squared
(Mathematics) The product obtained when a number or quantity is multiplied by itself
49 is the square of 7.
Cubed
Cubes(Slang) Cubic inches. Used especially of an internal combustion engine.
Squared
(Games) Any of the quadrilateral spaces on a board, as in chess.
Cubed
(Mathematics) To raise (a quantity or number) to the third power.
Squared
Abbr. Sq. An open, usually four-sided area at the intersection of two or more streets, often planted with grass and trees for use as a park.
Cubed
To determine the cubic contents of.
Squared
A rectangular space enclosed by streets and occupied by buildings; a block.
Cubed
To form or cut into cubes
The cook cubed some potatoes.
Squared
The flower bud of a cotton plant, with three bracts surrounding the unopened flower in a pyramidal structure.
Cubed
To tenderize (meat) by breaking the fibers with superficial cuts in a pattern of squares.
Squared
(Slang) A person who is regarded as dull, rigidly conventional, and out of touch with current trends.
Cubed
Simple past tense and past participle of cube
Squared
Having four equal sides and four right angles.
Cubed
(mathematics) Raised to the third power.
Squared
Forming a right angle.
Squared
In alignment or flush
Put the paper square with the edge of the desk.
Squared
Abbr. sq. Expressed in units measuring area
Square feet.
Squared
Having a specified length in each of two equal dimensions
A room that is 12 feet square.
Squared
Having a base that is a square
A square pyramid.
Squared
(Nautical) Set at right angles to the mast and keel. Used of the yards of a square-rigged ship.
Squared
Approximately rectangular and equilateral in cross section
A square house.
Squared
Characterized by blocklike solidity or sturdiness.
Squared
Honest; direct
A square answer.
Squared
Just; equitable
A square deal.
Squared
Having all accounts settled; even
I paid what I owed you, so we're square.
Squared
(Sports) Even; tied.
Squared
(Slang) Rigidly conventional; dull.
Squared
To cut to a square or rectangular shape. Often used with off.
Squared
To test or adjust for conformity to a desired plane, straight line, or right angle.
Squared
To mark into squares. Often used with off.
Squared
To bring into conformity or agreement
She could not square the request with her principles.
Squared
To bring (oneself) into a better position or relation
He tried to square himself with his parents.
Squared
To set straight or at approximate right angles
Square one's cap.
Squared
To bring into balance; settle
Square a debt.
Squared
(Sports) To even the score of
To square a game.
Squared
To raise (a number or quantity) to the second power.
Squared
To find a square equal in area to (the area of a given figure).
Squared
(Informal) To bribe or fix
A party in litigation that tried to square the judge.
Squared
(Mathematics) To be at right angles.
Squared
To agree or conform
A story that doesn't square with the facts.
Squared
(Mathematics) At right angles.
Squared
In a square shape.
Squared
In a solid manner; firmly.
Squared
Directly; straight
Ran square into each other.
Squared
In an honest, straightforward manner.
Squared
Simple past tense and past participle of square
Squared
(geometry) Covered with a grid of squares.
Squared
(mathematics) Raised to the second power.
Squared
Having been made square
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