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- noun geometry The
polyomino made up of one square.
Etymologies
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mon- + -omino
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Examples
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If you're familiar with the game Blokus, the pieces given to each player in a game of Blokus consist of all unique polyonimoes from size one (monomino) through size five (pentomino).
Archive 2007-08-01 2007
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A square, esp. considered as a structural unit or as occupying a position in a rectangular grid (mono- + the -omnio in domino; cf. pentomino, polyomino, tetromino, and tromino).
August 3, 2008