MAGIC SQUARE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does magic square mean? 

• MAGIC SQUARE (noun)
  The noun MAGIC SQUARE has 1 sense:

1. a square matrix of n rows and columns; the first n^2 integers are arranged in the cells of the matrix in such a way that the sum of any row or column or diagonal is the same

  Familiarity information: MAGIC SQUARE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MAGIC SQUARE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A square matrix of n rows and columns; the first n^2 integers are arranged in the cells of the matrix in such a way that the sum of any row or column or diagonal is the same

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Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("magic square" is a kind of...):

square matrix (a matrix with the same number of rows and columns)