Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A constellation in the Southern Hemisphere within the Milky Way near Lupus and Ara.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A rule, measure, or norm.
- noun A square for measuring right angles, used by carpenters, masons, and other artificers to make their work rectangular.
- noun A pattern; a gage; a templet; a model.
- noun The Square, a small southern constellation, introduced by Lacaille in the middle of the eighteenth century, between Vulpes and Ara. It was at first called Norma et regula; but the name is now abridged.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A norm; a principle or rule; a model; a standard.
- noun A mason's or a carpenter's square or rule.
- noun A templet or gauge.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun astronomy An
inconspicuous constellation of thesouthern sky, said to resemble acarpenter's square . It lies south of the constellationsScorpius andCentaurus . - proper noun A female
given name .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a small constellation in the southern hemisphere near Lupus and Ara in the Milky Way
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Mostly we cook in -- Norma is a gourmet cook who makes better food than any restaurant in town.
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Mostly we cook in -- Norma is a gourmet cook who makes better food than any restaurant in town.
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Mostly we cook in -- Norma is a gourmet cook who makes better food than any restaurant in town.
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Mostly we cook in -- Norma is a gourmet cook who makes better food than any restaurant in town.
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Mostly we cook in -- Norma is a gourmet cook who makes better food than any restaurant in town.
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Mostly we cook in -- Norma is a gourmet cook who makes better food than any restaurant in town.
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