pentomino

English

Etymology

PIE word
*pénkʷe

pent(a)- + (poly)omino

Pronunciation

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Noun

pentomino (plural pentominoes)

  1. (geometry) A polyomino made up of five square units. When packing pentominoes into three-dimensional shapes, the square units commonly are expanded into cubes instead of being flattened.

Synonyms

  • 5-omino

Derived terms

n squares name
1 squares monomino
2 squares domino
3 squares tromino or triomino
4 squares tetromino
5 squares
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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