polyomino
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English
Etymology
poly- + (d)omino, as if the d were for di-, two, a domino being made up of two squares
Pronunciation
Noun
polyomino (plural polyominos or polyominoes)
- (geometry) 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)
Synonyms
Related terms
| n squares | name |
|---|---|
| 1 squares | monomino |
| 2 squares | domino |
| 3 squares | tromino or triomino |
| 4 squares | tetromino |
| 5 squares | pentomino |
| 6 squares | hexomino |
| 7 squares | heptomino |
| 8 squares | octomino |
| 9 squares | nonomino or enneomino |
| 10 squares | decomino |
| 11 squares | undecomino |
| 12 squares | dodecomino |
| n squares | n-omino |
| unspecified number squares |
polyomino |
- polyiamond (made from triangles)
Translations
See also
Finnish
Etymology
Internationalism (see English polyomino).
Pronunciation
Noun
polyomino
Declension
| Inflection of polyomino (Kotus type 2/palvelu, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | polyomino | polyominot | |
| genitive | polyominon | polyominojen polyominoiden polyominoitten | |
| partitive | polyominoa | polyominoja polyominoita | |
| illative | polyominoon | polyominoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | polyomino | polyominot | |
| accusative | nom. | polyomino | polyominot |
| gen. | polyominon | ||
| genitive | polyominon | polyominojen polyominoiden polyominoitten | |
| partitive | polyominoa | polyominoja polyominoita | |
| inessive | polyominossa | polyominoissa | |
| elative | polyominosta | polyominoista | |
| illative | polyominoon | polyominoihin | |
| adessive | polyominolla | polyominoilla | |
| ablative | polyominolta | polyominoilta | |
| allative | polyominolle | polyominoille | |
| essive | polyominona | polyominoina | |
| translative | polyominoksi | polyominoiksi | |
| abessive | polyominotta | polyominoitta | |
| instructive | — | polyominoin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||