squarings
Adjusting to right-angles
Squarings are acts of making something square or bringing things into alignment.
In mathematics, squaring is multiplying a number by itself: the squaring of three gives nine.
More abstractly, squarings involve reconciling or settling accounts: the squaring of debts, the squaring of old grievances.
The term appears in Seamus Heaney's poetry sequence of the same name.
Four-sided closed figure
- right anglesNinety-degree intersections
- perpendicularAt right angles
- cornersWhere edges converge
- verticesCorner points of shapes
rectangle · polygon · grid · tessellation · alignment · symmetry · parallel · measurement
Correct relative positioning
- calibrationAdjusting for measurement accuracy
- levelingMaking flat or equal
- truingCorrecting to exact form
- eveningLate day period
straightening · correction · balancing · plumbing · setting · positioning · adjusting · fitting
Raised power indicators
- powersAbilities or authorities held
- cubingRaising to third power
- calculationMathematical problem-solving process
- arithmeticMathematics of basic operations
mathematics · product · computation · doubling · raising · exponential · algebra · factoring
Records of transactions
- debtsSums owed to others
- paymentFulfilling a financial obligation
- reconciliationRestoration of friendly relations
- balancingAchieving equal distribution
clearing · resolution · reckoning · evening up · tallying · settling · obligations · repayment
Units of grouped lines
- verseMetered poetic passage
- quatrainsVerses of four lines
- sectionsDivided portions of something
- sequenceOrdered succession of elements
meditation · imagery · luminosity · glimpses · moments · perception · observation · boundaries
quadrilateral
Four-sided closed figure
- right anglesNinety-degree intersections
- perpendicularAt right angles
- cornersWhere edges converge
vertices · rectangle · polygon · grid · tessellation · alignment · symmetry · parallel · measurement · precision
alignment
Correct relative positioning
- calibrationAdjusting for measurement accuracy
- levelingMaking flat or equal
- truingCorrecting to exact form
evening · straightening · correction · balancing · plumbing · setting · positioning · adjusting · fitting · regulation
exponents
Raised power indicators
- powersAbilities or authorities held
- cubingRaising to third power
- calculationMathematical problem-solving process
arithmetic · mathematics · product · computation · doubling · raising · exponential · algebra · factoring · equations
accounts
Records of transactions
- debtsSums owed to others
- paymentFulfilling a financial obligation
- reconciliationRestoration of friendly relations
balancing · clearing · resolution · reckoning · evening up · tallying · settling · obligations · repayment · compensation
stanzas
Units of grouped lines
sequence · meditation · imagery · luminosity · glimpses · moments · perception · observation · boundaries · framings
squaringswarpings
Gradual shape distortions
distortions · misalignments · bendings · curvings · roundings
- squaring offAssuming combative stance
- squaring awayArranging or resolving completely
- squaring the circleProven geometric impossibility