English Explanatory Dictionary

square the circle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To construct a square with the same area as a given circle by using only a finite number of steps with compass and straightedge, a task which is mathematically impossible.
  2. To solve a famously difficult or impossible problem.

Word forms

square the circle squares the circle squaring the circle squared the circle

Related words

morbus cyclometricus squircle square peg in a round hole
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