SQUARE

closed plane figure bounded by four straight line segments of equal length and meeting at right angles. The points of intersection of the lines, or sides, are called vertices. The diagonals of a square are the two lines joining opposite vertices; they are of equal length and are the perpendicular bisectors of one another. The perimeter of a square is the sum of the lengths of its sides, or P=4s, where s is the length of a side. The area enclosed by a square is A=s2. The square is one of the commonest geometric figures and has long had various symbolic meanings in religion and art.

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books on: Square  - 54051 results

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Tiananmen Square, Spring 1989: A Chronology of the Chinese Democracy Movement
Book by Theodore Han, John Li; Institute of East Asian Studies University of California, 1992
Subjects: China--History--Tiananmen Square Incident, 1989
...voice vote on whether to stay or leave the square. They decided to withdraw. They announced...and trucks began moving slowly into the square, entering from the west side. They drove...Sporadic gunfire occurred in and around the square. One Western reporter said, "The crowd...
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The Independence Square Neighborhood: Historical Notes on Independence and Washington Squares, Lower Chestnut Street, and the Insurance District along Walnut Street, in Philadelphia, Together with Some Account of the Buildings, Events, and Personages of State House Row
Book by Carroll Frey; The Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company, 1926
Subjects: Philadelphia (Pa.)--Historic Houses, Etc, Philadelphia (Pa.)--Streets--Independence Square
...Independence and Washington Squares; but he would doubtless think...historical values, the Independence Square neighborhood is packed with...to walk around Independence Square, stroll down into the financial...Chestnut Street, return to the Square and around its older sister...
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The Little Theatre on the Square: Four Decades of a Small-Town Equity Theatre
Book by Beth Conway Shervey; Southern Illinois University Press, 2000
Subjects: Little Theatre On The Square (Sullivan, Ill.), Theater--Illinois--Sullivan--History--20th Century
square, defined by Francaviglia as a distinctive American space. The courthouse square is an extension of the dedicated public square, a plot on the grid set aside for public use. As new counties were established, according to Edward T. Price...
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Town and Square from the Agora to the Village Green
Book by Paul Zucker; Columbia University Press, 1959
Subjects: City Planning--History, Plazas
...Gasse. The center of the square is marked by a column...Hagenauer of 1771. Two other squares stretch along the north...larger than the Cathedral Square proper: the Residence...exit to the Cathedral Square in the diagonal corner...three, or rather four, squares in Salzburg differs in...
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The Times Square Hustler: Male Prostitution in New York City
Book by Robert P. McNamara; Praeger, 1994
Subjects: Male Prostitutes--New York (State)--New York, Male Prostitution--New York (State)--New York
Times Square is the only spot where the hundreds of...sometimes deadly results. Thus, Times Square exemplifies New Yorks admiration of diversity...of the Rialto. Additionally, Times Square serves as a meeting place for events of...
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Wu Hung. Remaking Beijing: Tiananmen Square and the Creation of a Political Space
Journal article by Shana J. Brown; China Review International, Vol. 13, 2006
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Remaking Beijing: Tiananmen Square and the Creation of a Political Space (Book)--Book reviews
...a reflection of the squares "centrality" to contemporary...academic career on the squares fringes. The square and the mammoth state...ten years later. The square, meanwhile, was eventually...and monuments. The squares location just south...
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Technology Council Helps Square D Co. Manage Global R&d
Journal article by Michael F. Wolff; Research Technology Management, Vol. 32, 1993
Subjects: Case studies, Committees, Electric industries, Groupe Schneider, R&D, Recommendations, Square D Co, Strategic planning, United States
Technology Council Helps Square D Co. Manage Global R d by Michael...often results. Thats one reason why Square D, like so many companies, is pursuing...demonstrating its usefulness to executives of Square D after only one year of operation...
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John C. Didier. "In and outside the Square: The Sky and the Power of Belief in Ancient China and the World, C. 4500 B.C.-A.D. 200
Journal article by Michael Saso; China Review International, Vol. 16, 2009
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, In and Outside the Square: The Sky and the Power of Belief in Ancient China and the World, c. 4500 B.C.-A.D 200, 3 vols. (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews
...John C. Didier. "In and outside the Square: The Sky and the Power of Belief in Ancient...John C. Didier. "In and Outside the Square: The Sky and the Power of Belief in Ancient...Zhou dynasty China: In and Outside the Square is one of the most remarkable achievements...
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The Courthouse Square in Texas
Journal article by Otis W. Templer; Journal of Cultural Geography, Vol. 20, 2003
Subjects: The Courthouse Square in Texas (Book)--Reviews
...Two-, and Six-Block Squares), as well as their origins. These square types occur in about three...1) the function of the square, 2) the squares urban form, and 3) some specific attributes of the square and courthouse. Veselka...
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The Church of England in Central London: the Church of St. Mary Bryanston Square London
Journal article by David L. Holmes; Anglican and Episcopal History, Vol. 69, 2000
Subjects: Anglican churches, Church of St Mary-Bryanston Square London, Religious history, Smirke, Robert (1752-1845)
...London: the Church of St. Mary Bryanston Square London by David L. Holmes When the Church of St. Mary Bryanston Square was constructed in central London in...dwindling congregation, St. Marys Bryanston Square merged with another church of the Church...
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The Naked Public Square Now: A Symposium
Magazine article; First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life, November 2004
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, The Naked Public Square: Religion and Democracy in America (Book)--Book reviews
...should not like The Naked Public Square. After all, the book has...allegedly given up on the public square. (Indeed it would seem that...should be in favor of the public squares nakedness. If the public square is naked, so much the better...
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Tiananmen Square: Neil Taylor Looks for Traces of History Visible and Invisible in the Great Square at the Heart of Beijing
Magazine article; History Today, Vol. 57, June 2007
Subjects: Chinese history--Analysis, Historic sites--Description and travel, Historic sites--History, Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China--Description and travel, Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China--History
Tiananmen Square: Neil Taylor Looks for Traces of History Visible and Invisible in the Great Square at the Heart of Beijing. AT THE HEART of...half a kilometre wide--known as Tiananmen Square, after the Tiananmen (Gate of Heavenly Peace...
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On the Square
Magazine article by Steven D. Smith; First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life, April 2009
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, The Naked Public Square: Religion and Democracy in America (Book)--Book reviews
On the Square. by Steven D. Smith THE NAKED PUBLIC SQUARE: RELIGION AND DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA by RICHARD JOHN NEUHAUS...Richard John Neuhaus best-known book, The Naked Public Square. It is natural, indeed almost inevitable, that the 1984...
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Twenty Years after the Tiananmen Square Massacre, in Which the Chinese Army Shot Dead Hundreds of Protecting Civilians, the AR Considers the Square's Recent History
Magazine article by Adrian Hornsby; The Architectural Review, Vol. 226, October 2009
Subjects: China. People's Liberation Army--Military aspects, China. People's Liberation Army--Political aspects, Civil war--China, Civil war--Military aspects, Civilian casualties--Military aspects, Civilian casualties--Political aspects, Communist parties--Political activity, Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China--History, Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China--Military aspects, Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China--Political aspects, Urban renewal--Political aspects
...and to create a large square before it. Official squares would later be stamped...China. The Jiangxi square, with a dais at one...zero point, Tiananmen Square itself, has become a little mute. While the squares National Day parade...
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The Times Square Story
Magazine article by Rachel Shteir; The Nation, Vol. 268, March 1, 1999
Subjects: Book reviews, Books--Book reviews, The Tines Square Story (Book)
The Times Square Story. by RACHEL SHTEIR By Geoffrey OBrein...Disneyfication" of 42nd Street and Times Square and the large British presence to explain...Times into what was then known as Longacre Square. Broadways lights were immediately appropriated...
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The Day They Blew Pounds 60,000 a Second to Blow Up Times Square; Pounds 5MILLION GOES UP IN SMOKE FOR THE MOST EXPENSIVE MOVIE SCENE IN HOLLYWOOD HISTORY...AND A NEWSPAPER KIOSK OWNER IS SUDDENLY Pounds 350,000 RICHER
Newspaper article; Sunday Mirror (London, England), November 15, 1998
Subjects: Times Square
...Pounds 60,000 a Second to Blow Up Times Square; Pounds 5MILLION GOES UP IN SMOKE FOR...Siege, part of New Yorks famous Times Square is reduced to rubble in barely 90 seconds...hand over a lorryload of cash to get the Square that never sleeps to take a break...
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The Times Square Bomb Plot: Success or Failure?
Newspaper article; The Washington Times (Washington, DC), May 13, 2010
Subjects: Bombings, Shahzad, Faisal, Times Square Bombing Plot, 2010
The Times Square Bomb Plot: Success or Failure? Byline...TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES Was the Times Square bombing attempt a system failure ? White...plot before the bomb was parked in Times Square. The domestic system didnt stop the suspect...
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April Reigns as New Queen of the Square
Newspaper article by Jaci Stephen; The Mirror (London, England), January 3, 1996
Subjects: The Square
April Reigns as New Queen of the Square. by Jaci Stephen THERE are some characters who enter soaps and...and has the kind of flirtatious manner guaranteed to drive the Squares women to violence. As April grows more glamorous, Cindy (Michelle...
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London Squares Open Up to Offer Gardeners Inspiration; Horticulture Now Worth [Pounds Sterling
Newspaper article; June 7, 2007
Subjects: Furniture industry--Reports, Furniture industry--Surveys
...flock to this years Open Garden Squares weekend. A total of 163 private...economic contribution that garden squares make to the capital and its...A spokesman for Open Garden Squares - which is sponsored by Loire...said: "The London garden square is one of the capitals most...
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London Squares Open Up to Offer Gardeners Inspiration; Horticulture Now Worth [Pounds Sterling
Newspaper article; June 7, 2007
Subjects: Furniture industry
...flock to this years Open Garden Squares weekend. A total of 163 private...economic contribution that garden squares make to the capital and its...A spokesman for Open Garden Squares - which is sponsored by Loire...said: "The London garden square is one of the capitals most...
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encyclopedia articles on: Square  - 317 results

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1.
Square
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
SQUARE closed plane figure bounded by four straight...are called vertices. The diagonals of a square are the two lines joining opposite vertices...bisectors of one another. The perimeter of a square is the sum of the lengths of its sides...
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Tiananmen Square
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
TIANANMEN SQUARE large public square in Beijing , China, on the southern edge of the Inner or Tatar City. The square, named for its Gate of Heavenly Peace (Tiananmen), contains the monument to the heroes of the revolution, the Great Hall...
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Times Square
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
TIMES SQUARE in New York City. Formed by the intersection...Seventh Ave., and 42d St., this famous square was named (1904) for the building there...building, located in the center of the square, is still famous for the outdoor news...
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Trafalgar Square
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
TRAFALGAR SQUARE in Westminster, London, England, named...Baily . On the northern side of the square stand the National Gallery and the Church...Martin-in-the-Fields. Trafalgar Square is a frequent site of political rallies...
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Haymarket Square Riot
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
HAYMARKET SQUARE RIOT outbreak of violence in Chicago on May 4, 1886. Demands for an...anarchists, caused a crowd of some 1,500 people to gather at Haymarket Square. When policemen attempted to disperse the meeting, a bomb exploded and...
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