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<p><a href="page.php?w=Image%3AFive_Squared.svg">thumb</a>In <a href="page.php?w=mathematics">mathematics</a>, a <b>square</b> is the result of <a href="page.php?w=multiplication">multiplying</a> a <a href="page.php?w=number">number</a> by itself. The verb "to square" is used to denote this operation. Squaring is the same as <a href="page.php?w=exponentiation">raising to</a> the power&nbsp;<a href="page.php?w=2_%28number%29">2</a>, and is denoted by a <a href="page.php?w=superscript">superscript</a> 2; for instance, the square of 3 may be written</p><p>
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