Tetromino

/tɛˈtɹɒmɪnəʊ/ noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A polyomino made up of four squares connected edge to edge.

    "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!"

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"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!"

Etymology

From tetra- + -omino.

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