tetromino

English

WOTD – 4 March 2007

The seven possible contiguous one-sided tetrominoes.

Etymology

tetra- +‎ polyomino

Pronunciation

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

Noun

tetromino (plural tetrominoes)

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

Synonyms

4-omino

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

Translations

polyomino made up of four squares

Polish: tetromino (pl) n
Spanish: tetrominó (es) m

See also

Tetris

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