"complete the square" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: completes the square [present, singular, third-person], completing the square [participle, present], completed the square [participle, past], completed the square [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|completes the square|completing the square|completed the square}} complete the square (third-person singular simple present completes the square, present participle completing the square, simple past and past participle completed the square)
  1. (mathematics) To write a quadratic polynomial in terms of the square of a binomial. Categories (topical): Mathematics Translations (Translations): täydentää neliöksi (Finnish), quadratisch ergänzen (German), ukończyć kwadrat [perfective] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-complete_the_square-en-verb-lEL~mQae Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: mathematics, sciences

Inflected forms

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