monotile
A prototile tiling monohedrallyA prototile tiling monohedrally; any shape able to completely tile some space on its own (allowing for translation, rotation, and reflection).
» Mathematicians have finally discovered an aperiodic monotile, that is, a polygon that can only tile the plane in aperiodic tessellations.
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1 sensesA prototile tiling monohedrally; any shape able to completely tile some space on its own (allowing for translation, rotation, and reflection).
Examples
1 sentencesMathematicians have finally discovered an aperiodic monotile, that is, a polygon that can only tile the plane in aperiodic tessellations.
Origin
From mono- (“one”) + tile.From mono- (“one”) + tile.
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Forms
plural: monotilesWord family
1 related wordsSee also
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