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		HPsquared on July 2, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Uno – the “unit” for dimensionless quantities Reading the Wiki link, it seems "square" isn't referring to squaring a quantity, but a square geometry (i.e. the special case where width=length) - very different things.

KirillPanov on July 3, 2021 [–]

Those are two sides of the same coin.

It isn't pure coincidence that "square millimeters" and "square polygon" share the word "square".

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