pentomino en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /pɛnˈtɑməˌnoʊ/ (General-American)
- /pɛnˈtɒmɪnəʊ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From pent- + -omino.
Meanings
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A polyomino consisting of five square units. When packing pentominoes into three-dimensional shapes, the square units commonly are expanded into cubes instead of being flattened.
If a domino had four squares on its surface, it would be a tetromino. With five squares, it would be a pentomino—nine, a nonomino, eleven, an unwieldy undecomino!
2011 October 15, Maki Kaji, The Big Book of Visual Sudoku, Workman Publishing Company, page 118:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| pentominoes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |