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Houdini | 15:07 Wed 30th May 2001 | Phrases & Sayings
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What does 'squaring the circle' mean?
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It's an ancient Greek problem - if you are given a circle, a ruler and compass, can you draw a square of exactly the same area as the circle? We now know this is not possible, and so has come to represent in English, "an impossible task".
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