Square number
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A number equal to the product of two equal numbers.
A square number is equal multiplied by equal, or a number which is contained by two equal numbers.
If three numbers be in continued proportion, and the first be square, the third will also be square.
If two numbers have to one another the ratio which a square number has to a square number, and the first be square, the second will also be square.