Number and Square

Number

Number noun - A character used to represent a mathematical value.

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Square and number are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Square" instead a verb "Number".

Nearby Words: numberless, numbered, numbering

Square noun - The product of two equal terms.

Usage example: gravity is inversely proportional to the square of the distance

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Number and square are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Number" instead the word "Square" as a verb or a noun.

specific	specific number	specific square
certain	certain number	certain square
total	total number	total square
original	original number	original square
Other adjectives: many, fair, single, small, real, massive, large, big, huge, little, new, next, last.

Somewhat similar to a Fifteen Puzzle, depending on the mechanics, though a magic square usually has complete freedom of moving pieces if it has physical pieces for each number.

Source: Magic Square Puzzle
Minesweeper, where the player must find mines on a playfield by uncovering tiles based on a number in each uncovered square giving the number of adjacent mines.

Source: Puzzle Game
So you need to find the square root of a number, but you have one of those cheap calculators that don't have a square root function, or maybe you don't have a calculator.

Source: Trivia / Math

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