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monohedrally

monohedrally adverb: in a monohedral manner; involving only copies of the original tile (allowing for translation, rotation, and reflection).

monohedrally: in a monohedral manner; involving only copies of the original tile (allowing for translation,...
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Adverb

monohedrally (not comparable)

  1. In a monohedral manner; involving only copies of the original tile (allowing for translation, rotation, and reflection).
    • The extent of our ignorance is further illustrated by the fact that we do not know all the different shapes of convex pentagons which will tile the plane monohedrally.1987, Branko Grünbaum, G[eoffrey] C[olin] Shephard, Tilings and Patterns, New York, N.Y.: W. H. Freeman and Company, →ISBN, page 22

Origin of monohedrally

From monohedral + -ly.

Questions about monohedrally

What does monohedrally mean?
Monohedrally means in a monohedral manner; involving only copies of the original tile (allowing for translation, rotation, and reflection).
What part of speech is monohedrally?
Monohedrally is an adverb.

Words near monohedrally in the dictionary

  1. monohaploid
  2. monohaptenic
  3. monoharmonic
  4. monohedra
  5. monohedral
  6. monohedrally
  7. monohedron
  8. monohedrons
  9. monoheme
  10. monohemic
  11. monoheptyl

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