pentomino
English
Examples of the two-dimensional tessellation of the 12 possible distinct pentomino shapes into rectangles of the same area, but different side lengths.
Animation showing the packing of the 12 possible distinct three-dimensional pentomino shapes into a cuboid measuring 2x3x10 units. For purposes of such packing puzzles, the squares are cubic.
Noun
pentomino (plural pentominoes)
- (geometry) A polyomino made up of five square unites. When packing pentominoes into three-dimensional shapes, the square units commonly are expanded into cubes instead of being flattened.
Synonyms
- 5-omino
Derived terms
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 |
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