different between triomino vs polyomino

English

Alternative forms

• tromino

Etymology

tri- +? domino

Noun

triomino (plural triominos or triominoes)

1. (games) A triangular tile, used in triominoes, a variant of the game of dominoes.
2. (geometry) Alternative spelling of tromino

See also

• (games): Triominoes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

poly- + (d)omino, as if the d were for di-, two, a domino being made up of two squares

Noun

polyomino (plural polyominos or polyominoes)

1. (geometry) A plane polyform made by joining one or more squares edge to edge in various arrangements; a similar polyform made from triangles or hexagons (or any polygon that can tile a plane)

Synonyms

• n-omino

Related terms

• monomino (1 square)
• domino (2 squares)
• triomino, tromino (3 squares)
• tetromino (4 squares)
• pentomino (5 squares)
• hexomino (6 squares)
• heptomino (7 squares)
• octomino (8 squares)
• nonomino (9 squares)
• decomino (10 squares)
• polyiamond (made from triangles)

Translations

See also

• polyform
• Mathworld article on polyominoes

Finnish

Noun

polyomino

1. (geometry) polyomino

Declension