square the circle (English, verb)
expansion: square the circle (third-person singular simple present squares the circle, present participle squaring the circle, simple past and past participle squared the circle)
Senses:
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: 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.
glosses: To solve a famously difficult or impossible problem.
tags: figuratively
Forms:
form: squares the circle
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: squaring the circle
tags: participle
present
form: squared the circle
tags: participle
past
form: squared the circle
tags: past