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单词 monomino
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monominon.

Brit. /mɒˈnɒmᵻnəʊ/, U.S. /məˈnɑməˌnoʊ/
Inflections: Plural monominoes, (irregular) monominos.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mono- comb. form, domino n.
Etymology: < mono- comb. form + -omino (in domino n.); see quots. 1961, 1993 and compare pentomino n. (and the etymological discussion at that entry). Compare also polyomino n., tetromino n., tromino n.
Mathematics.
A square, esp. considered as a structural unit or as occupying a position in a rectangular grid.
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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).
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