Dictionary

magic square en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

As magical square by 1670 and magic square by 1701 (see Citations). Calque of French quarré magique or Latin quadratum magicum. Magic refers to its original function as a talisman.

Meanings

1. A palindromic square word arrangement, usually in the form of a magic amulet.
   • Probably the best-known magic square is the 5×5 square consisting of the words ROTAS OPERA TENET AREPO SATOR.
2. 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.

Forms

Deriveds

prime reciprocal magic square · trimagic square · bimagic square · geomagic square · antimagic square · multimagic square · pandiagonal magic square · most-perfect magic square · alphamagic square

Relateds

magic circle (other terms of interest) · satanic square (other terms of interest) · magic series (other terms of interest) · magic cube (other terms of interest) · simple magic cube (other terms of interest) · semiperfect magic cube (other terms of interest) · sudoku (other terms of interest) · bimagic cube (other terms of interest) · multimagic cube (other terms of interest) · Lo Shu square (other terms of interest) · diabolic square (other terms of interest) · heterosquare (other terms of interest) · perfect magic cube (other terms of interest) · magic tesseract (other terms of interest) · magic cylinder (other terms of interest) · magic sphere (other terms of interest) · magic hypercube (other terms of interest) · pantriagonal magic cube (other terms of interest) · magic hexagon (other terms of interest) · magic star (other terms of interest) · trimagic cube (other terms of interest) · magic constant · magic constant (other terms of interest)

Translations (24)

ro pătrat magic (n-by-n arrangement of n2 numbers) · pt quadrado mágico (n-by-n arrangement of n2 numbers) · de magisches Quadrat (n-by-n arrangement of n2 numbers) · fi taikaneliö (n-by-n arrangement of n2 numbers) · ta மாயச் சதுரம் (n-by-n arrangement of n2 numbers) · ml മാന്ത്രിക ചതുരം (n-by-n arrangement of n2 numbers) · az sehrli kvadrat (n-by-n arrangement of n2 numbers) · tr sihirli kare (n-by-n arrangement of n2 numbers) · fa مربع جادویی (n-by-n arrangement of n2 numbers) · hu bűvös négyzet (n-by-n arrangement of n2 numbers) · uz sehrli kvadrat (n-by-n arrangement of n2 numbers) · id persegi ajaib (n-by-n arrangement of n2 numbers) · ja 魔方陣 (n-by-n arrangement of n2 numbers) · ca quadrat màgic (n-by-n arrangement of n2 numbers) · bn জাদু বর্গ (n-by-n arrangement of n2 numbers) · th จัตุรัสกล (n-by-n arrangement of n2 numbers) · te మాయా చతురస్రం (n-by-n arrangement of n2 numbers) · fr carré magique (n-by-n arrangement of n2 numbers) · es cuadrado mágico (n-by-n arrangement of n2 numbers) · cmn 幻方 (n-by-n arrangement of n2 numbers) · ca àbac màgic (n-by-n arrangement of n2 numbers) · ru маги́ческий квадра́т (n-by-n arrangement of n2 numbers) · ko 마방진 (n-by-n arrangement of n2 numbers) · vi ma trận kì ảo (n-by-n arrangement of n2 numbers)