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sq.

1

abbreviation for

  1. the following; the following one.


sq.

2

abbreviation for

  1. sequence.
  2. squadron.
  3. square.

Sq.

3

abbreviation for

  1. Squadron.
  2. Square (of a city or town).

Sq.

1

abbreviation for

  1. Squadron
  2. (in place names) Square


sq.

2

abbreviation for

  1. sequence
  2. square
  3. sqq the following one

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Word History and Origins

Origin of sq.1

From the Latin word sequēns

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Word History and Origins

Origin of sq.1

(sense 3) from Latin sequens

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Example Sentences

Measuring 2,500 sq ft, the suite boasts three bedrooms, a fruit garden, an open air shower and its own lotus pond.

The bridge is worked by hydraulic power, an accumulator with a load of 34 tons supplying pressure water at 630 lb per sq. in.

Structural wrought iron has a tenacity of 20 to 22 tons per sq. in.

Arauco, a province of Chile, named from the Araucanian Indians; area, 2189 sq. miles; pop.

It gives its name to a department in the north-west of France, forming part of Normandy; area, 2330 sq. miles.

Its cultivable area is not so large as Belgium, being under 10,000 sq. miles in extent.

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