tetromino

English

WOTD – 4 March 2007

The seven possible contiguous one-sided tetrominoes.

Etymology

From tetra- +‎ polyomino.

Pronunciation

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

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Noun

tetromino (plural tetrominoes)

1. (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