单词 | monomino |
释义 | monominon. Mathematics. A square, esp. considered as a structural unit or as occupying a position in a rectangular grid. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > angularity > specific angular shape > [noun] > quadrilateral > square quadrate1471 square1551 square1551 quadran1578 four-square1587 squadrature1592 monomino1954 1954 Amer. Math. Monthly 61 676 It is impossible to cover the checker board with 21 straight trominoes, and a monomino in the upper left-hand corner of the board. 1961 New Scientist 2 Nov. 316/2 A domino is formed from the two adjacent squares: he [sc. Golomb] argues that practical needs and false etymology will justify our calling a square a monomino. 1979 Sci. Amer. Apr. 19/1 For the 1-cell animal (the monomino), which is trivially a winner, b and m are both equal to 1. 1981 G. Brandreth Everyman's Indoor Games 256 A monomino is a single square. 1993 Amer. Math. Monthly 100 414 ‘Polyomino’ is a back-formation from ‘domino’, taken as a Greek prefix d- (meaning ‘two’) with a root word -omino. Etymologically invalid, but useful! We now have monominoes, dominoes, trominoes [etc.]. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1954 |
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