magic square

English

Noun

magic square (plural magic squares)

1. (games) A palindromic square word arrangement, usually in the form of a magic amulet.

   Probably the best-known magic square is the 5×5 square consisting of the words ROTAS OPERA TENET AREPO SATOR.

2. An n-by-n arrangement of n² numbers such that the numbers in each row, in each column and along both diagonals all have the same sum.

Magic amulet

3 x 3 magic square

Derived terms

terms derived from magic square

antimagic square bimagic square most-perfect magic square multimagic square

panmagic square prime reciprocal magic square trimagic square

Translations

n-by-n arrangement of n² numbers

• Catalan: àbac màgic (ca) m, quadrat màgic (ca) m
• Hungarian: bűvös négyzet (hu)

• Russian: магический квадрат (ru) (magíčeskij kvadrát) m

See also

other terms of interest

bimagic cube diabolic square heterosquare Lo Shu square magic constant magic cube magic hexagon magic hypercube magic series magic star

magic tesseract multimagic cube pantriagonal magic cube perfect magic cube satanic square semiperfect magic cube simple magic cube sudoku trimagic cube

• Magic square on Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia Commons
• Magic squares on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Magic squares