squared

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /skwɛəd/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /skwɛɹd/

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• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /skweːd/
• (New Zealand, without the cheer–chair merger) IPA^(key): /skweəd/
• (New Zealand, cheer–chair merger) IPA^(key): /skwiəd/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /skweɹd/
• (Lancashire, fair–fur merger) IPA^(key): /skwɜː(ɹ)d/
• Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)d

squared

1. simple past and past participle of square

squared (not comparable)

1. (geometry) Covered with a grid of squares.

   The children were taught to plot graphs on squared paper.

2. (mathematics) Raised to the second power.

When used attributively in the mathematical sense and applied to a phrase representing a mathematical or physical quantity, the adjective is usually postpositive, as in “3 squared plus 4 squared equals 5 squared”.

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