"平方" meaning in Japanese

See 平方 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [he̞ːho̞ː] Forms: 平方 [canonical] (ruby: (へい), (ほう)), heihō [romanization], feifau [romanization], へいはう [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: Probably from Chinese 平方 (píngfāng, literally "flat square", "flat" because it accounts for 2 dimensions only). Compare 立方 (rippō, “cube”, literally "standing square", accounting for the third dimension). First attested in Japanese in a text from 1875. Etymology templates: {{der|ja|zh|平方|pos=literally "flat square", "flat" because it accounts for 2 dimensions only|sort=へいほう}} Chinese 平方 (píngfāng, literally "flat square", "flat" because it accounts for 2 dimensions only), {{m|ja|立方||cube|pos=literally "standing square", accounting for the third dimension|tr=rippō}} 立方 (rippō, “cube”, literally "standing square", accounting for the third dimension) Head templates: {{ja-noun|へいほう|hhira=へいはう}} 平(へい)方(ほう) • (heihō) ^(←へいはう (feifau)?)
  1. (mathematics) the second power of a number etc., square Categories (topical): Mathematics
    Sense id: en-平方-ja-noun-zQbwFyqd Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 93 7 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 93 7 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 92 8 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 93 7 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 92 8 Topics: mathematics, sciences
  2. a square area Coordinate_terms (area): 平米 (heibei) (ruby: 平米(へいべい)) (english: a square meter)
    Sense id: en-平方-ja-noun-jkvkOcIE Disambiguation of 'area': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 平方形 (heihōkei) (ruby: 平方形(へいほうけい)) (english: a square, a square shape), 平方根 (heihōkon) (ruby: 平方根(へいほうこん)) (english: a square root) Coordinate_terms: 立方 (rippō) (ruby: 立方(りっぽう)) (english: third power, cube) [mathematics, sciences], 乗: -power () [mathematics, sciences], as in nth power Coordinate_terms (volume): 立米 (ryūbei) (ruby: 立米(りゅうべい)) (english: a cubic meter)
Disambiguation of 'volume': 0 0

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