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squareness

squareness

1 3.9
How much something has four equal sides and four right corners
  • noun
  • /ˈskwɛrnəs/
translation icon : cuadratura
  • The basic alignment kit includes two additional accessories, expanding measurement capabilities for setting planes, leveling, and checking squareness.
  • check for squareness

Examples

  • She has our father's jaw, a squareness to her face I never noticed until now.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • I laid my vice on the table in multiple orientations and measured its squareness with a square I know to be really precise.

  • The Microgage 2000 can check squareness to 0.001 degrees or 3 arc-seconds.

    Academic text (2003)

  • I check for squareness and hammer some really small nails to keep working fast without having to clamp all the corners and wait for a glue to set.

  • When building a frame, always check for squareness to ensure all corners meet perfectly.

  • Ensuring the squareness of the table legs will prevent wobbling when it is placed on an uneven floor.

  • The carpenter measured the squareness of the walls before installing the cabinets to avoid future problems.

How Elongated

elongation
3 6.7
squareness
1 3.9

Surface Forms

squareness singular
squarenesses plural

Morphology

squareness = square (transparent) = square + ness

Standard nominalization of the adjective 'square' with '-ness'; meaning is directly predictable from the base adjective.

Etymology

The word squareness is made from square and the ending -ness. Square comes from an old word meaning 'four', because a square has four equal sides, so squareness is the 'quality of being square'.