"magic square" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: magic squares [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} magic square (plural magic squares)
  1. (games) A palindromic square word arrangement, usually in the form of a magic amulet. Categories (topical): Games Derived forms: antimagic square, bimagic square, most-perfect magic square, multimagic square, pandiagonal magic square, prime reciprocal magic square, trimagic square
    Sense id: en-magic_square-en-noun-16IJwCjm Topics: games Related terms: magic constant, bimagic cube, diabolic square, heterosquare, Lo Shu square, magic circle, magic cube, magic cylinder, magic hexagon, magic hypercube, magic series, magic sphere, magic star, magic tesseract, multimagic cube, pantriagonal magic cube, perfect magic cube, satanic square, semiperfect magic cube, simple magic cube, sudoku, trimagic cube
  2. (number theory) An n-by-n arrangement of n² numbers such that the numbers in each row, in each column and along both diagonals all have the same sum. Categories (topical): Number theory Translations (n-by-n arrangement of n2 numbers): sehrli kvadrat (Azerbaijani), জাদু বর্গ (jadu borgo) (Bengali), àbac màgic [masculine] (Catalan), quadrat màgic [masculine] (Catalan), 幻方 (huànfāng) (Chinese Mandarin), taikaneliö (Finnish), carré magique [masculine] (French), magisches Quadrat [neuter] (German), bűvös négyzet (Hungarian), persegi ajaib (Indonesian), 魔方陣 (mahōjin) (alt: まほうじん) (Japanese), 마방진 (mabangjin) (alt: 魔方陣) (Korean), മാന്ത്രിക ചതുരം (māntrika caturaṁ) (Malayalam), مربع جادویی (Persian), quadrado mágico [masculine] (Portuguese), pătrat magic [neuter] (Romanian), маги́ческий квадра́т (magíčeskij kvadrát) [masculine] (Russian), cuadrado mágico [masculine] (Spanish), மாயச் சதுரம் (māyac caturam) (Tamil), మాయా చతురస్రం (māyā caturasraṁ) (Telugu), จัตุรัสกล (Thai), sihirli kare (Turkish), sehrli kvadrat (Uzbek), ma trận kì ảo (alt: 魔陣奇幻) (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-magic_square-en-noun-O9pEtc8s Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 62 Topics: mathematics, number-theory, sciences Disambiguation of 'n-by-n arrangement of n2 numbers': 26 74

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      "sense": "n-by-n arrangement of n2 numbers",
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