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Examples of perfect square in a Sentence
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Because modular number systems are finite, perfect squares are more common.
—Quanta Magazine, 1 Nov. 2023
Want to find primes that are 1 bigger than a perfect square, like 17 or 257?
—Erica Klarreich, Quanta Magazine, 26 Oct. 2023
Since no perfect square can end in 2, 3, 7 or 8, no perfect square exists with only those digits.
—Quanta Magazine, 18 Nov. 2020
Use it to cut a perfect square of wrapping paper.
—Washington Post, 21 Dec. 2021
Pale orange, velvety smooth, and tangy as Pinkberry, a perfect square of American cheese or Velveeta melts all in one piece.
—Veronique Greenwood, Discover Magazine, 18 Sep. 2011
The painting is enormous (about 53 square feet) and a quarter-of-an-inch shy of being a perfect square.
—Washington Post, 23 Nov. 2022
Chin frames up another perfect square in a seasonal ice cave that forms on the Athabasca Glacier.
—Grayson Schaffer, Outside Online, 14 May 2015
The perfect square of frozen American cheese, bright, plasticky yellow circles of egg-cornstarch-milk patties—is this Lego food?
—Alex Beggs, Bon Appétit, 7 Oct. 2021
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Word History
First Known Use
1811, in the meaning defined above
Dictionary Entries Near perfect square
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“Perfect square.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/perfect%20square. Accessed 13 May. 2024.
Kids Definition
perfect square
noun
: a whole number whose square root is a whole number
9 is a perfect square
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