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polyomino en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˌpɑliˈɑməˌnoʊ/ (General-American)
  • /ˌpɒliˈɒmɪnəʊ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English -omino English polyomino From poly- + -omino.

Meanings

  1. A plane polyform made by joining one or more squares edge to edge in various arrangements; a similar polyform made from triangles or hexagons (or any polygon that can tile a plane)

Forms

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polyominoes Number=Plur lexicographic
polyominos Number=Plur lexicographic

Relateds

polyiamond · polyform

Synonyms

n-omino

Translations (17)

fi polyomino (polyform made of squares) · eo plurkvadrato (polyform made of squares) · sl poliomína (polyform made of squares) · it polimino (polyform made of squares) · ru полими́но (polyform made of squares) · de Polyomino (polyform made of squares) · ca poliòmino (polyform made of squares) · lv polimoni (polyform made of squares) · th พอลิโอมิโน (polyform made of squares) · nl polyomino (polyform made of squares) · fr polyomino (polyform made of squares) · pt poliminó (polyform made of squares) · pt poliominó (polyform made of squares) · es poliminó (polyform made of squares) · sl polinomína (polyform made of squares) · pl poliomino (polyform made of squares) · es poliominó (polyform made of squares)