tetromino

English

WOTD – 4 March 2007

Etymology

From tetra- +‎ polyomino.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /tɛˈtɹɒmɪnəʊ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /tɛˈtɹɑːmɪnoʊ/
  • Audio (US):(file)

Noun

tetromino (plural tetrominoes)

  1. (geometry) A polyomino made up of four squares connected edge to edge.

Synonyms

  • 4-omino
n squares name
1 squares monomino
2 squares domino
3 squares tromino or triomino
4 squares
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

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