rep-tile

See also: reptile, Reptile, and réptile

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Etymology

Coined as a pun on reptile by US mathematician Solomon W. Golomb. See repeat and tile.

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Noun

rep-tile (plural rep-tiles)

  1. (geometry) A shape that can be dissected into a number of smaller copies of the same shape.

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