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Least square
(gcide) | Square \Square\ (skw[^a]r), n. [OF. esquarre, esquierre, F.
['e]querre a carpenter's square (cf. It. squadra), fr.
(assumed) LL. exquadrare to make square; L. ex + quadrus a
square, fr. quattuor four. See Four, and cf. Quadrant,
Squad, Squire a square.]
1. (Geom.)
(a) The corner, or angle, of a figure. [Obs.]
(b) A parallelogram having four equal sides and four right
angles.
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2. Hence, anything which is square, or nearly so; as:
(a) A square piece or fragment.
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He bolted his food down his capacious throat in
squares of three inches. --Sir W.
Scott.
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(b) A pane of glass.
(c) (Print.) A certain number of lines, forming a portion
of a column, nearly square; -- used chiefly in
reckoning the prices of advertisements in newspapers.
(d) (Carp.) One hundred superficial feet.
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3. An area of four sides, generally with houses on each side;
sometimes, a solid block of houses; also, an open place or
area for public use, as at the meeting or intersection of
two or more streets.
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The statue of Alexander VII. stands in the large
square of the town. --Addison.
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4. (Mech. & Joinery) An instrument having at least one right
angle and two or more straight edges, used to lay out or
test square work. It is of several forms, as the T square,
the carpenter's square, the try-square., etc.
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5. Hence, a pattern or rule. [Obs.]
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6. (Arith. & Alg.) The product of a number or quantity
multiplied by itself; thus, 64 is the square of 8, for 8
[times] 8 = 64; the square of a + b is a^2 + 2ab +
b^2.
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7. Exact proportion; justness of workmanship and conduct;
regularity; rule. [Obs.]
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They of Galatia [were] much more out of square.
--Hooker.
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I have not kept my square. --Shak.
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8. (Mil.) A body of troops formed in a square, esp. one
formed to resist a charge of cavalry; a squadron. "The
brave squares of war." --Shak.
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9. Fig.: The relation of harmony, or exact agreement;
equality; level.
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We live not on the square with such as these.
--Dryden.
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10. (Astrol.) The position of planets distant ninety degrees
from each other; a quadrate. [Obs.]
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11. The act of squaring, or quarreling; a quarrel. [R.]
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12. The front of a woman's dress over the bosom, usually
worked or embroidered. [Obs.] --Shak.
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fair and square in a fair, straightforward, and honest
manner; justly; as, he beat me fair and square.
Geometrical square. See Quadrat, n., 2.
Hollow square (Mil.), a formation of troops in the shape of
a square, each side consisting of four or five ranks, and
the colors, officers, horses, etc., occupying the middle.
Least square, Magic square, etc. See under Least,
Magic, etc.
On the square, or Upon the square,
(a) in an open, fair manner; honestly, or upon honor;
justly. [Obs or Colloq.]
(b) at right angles.
On the square with, or Upon the square with, upon
equality with; even with. --Nares.
To be all squares, to be all settled. [Colloq.] --Dickens.
To be at square, to be in a state of quarreling. [Obs.]
--Nares.
To break no squares, to give no offense; to make no
difference. [Obs.]
To break squares, to depart from an accustomed order.
[Obs.]
To see how the squares go, to see how the game proceeds; --
a phrase taken from the game of chess, the chessboard
being formed with squares. [Obs.] --L'Estrange.
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Least squares
(gcide) | Least \Least\ (l[=e]st), a. [OE. last, lest, AS. l[=ae]sast,
l[=ae]sest, superl. of l[=ae]ssa less. See Less, a.] [Used
as the superlative of little.]
Smallest, either in size or degree; shortest; lowest; most
unimportant; as, the least insect; the least mercy; the least
space.
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Note: Least is often used with the, as if a noun.
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I am the least of the apostles. --1 Cor. xv.
9.
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At least, or At the least, at the least estimate,
consideration, chance, etc.; being no less than; hence, at
any rate; at all events; even. See However.
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He who tempts, though in vain, at least asperses
The tempted with dishonor. --Milton.
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Upon the mast they saw a young man, at least if he
were a man, who sat as on horseback. --Sir P.
Sidney.
In least, or In the least, in the least degree, manner,
etc. "He that is unjust in the least is unjust also in
much." --Luke xvi. 10.
Least squares (Math.), a method of deducing from a number
of carefully made yet slightly discordant observations of
a phenomenon the most probable values of the unknown
quantities.
Note: It takes as its fundamental principle that the most
probable values are those which make the sum of the
squares of the residual errors of the observation a
minimum.
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least squares
(wn) | least squares
n 1: a method of fitting a curve to data points so as to
minimize the sum of the squares of the distances of the
points from the curve [syn: least squares, {method of
least squares}] |
method of least squares
(wn) | method of least squares
n 1: a method of fitting a curve to data points so as to
minimize the sum of the squares of the distances of the
points from the curve [syn: least squares, {method of
least squares}] |
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