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The "radius" (half width or height) of a square is actually called the "apothem" (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 1 year ago by companero@hexbear.net to c/mathematics@hexbear.net

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I'm a programmer, and I've been incorrectly using the term "radius" when dealing with squares. (I think I will continue to do so tbh, because I'm using them as proxies for circles)

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