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polyabolo

polyabolo noun: a polyform made by joining right isosceles triangles edge to edge in various arrangements.

polyabolo: a polyform made by joining right isosceles triangles edge to edge in various arrangements
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Noun

polyabolo (plural polyabolos or polyaboloes)

  1. A polyform made by joining right isosceles triangles edge to edge in various arrangements.
    Synonyms:
    polyomino, polytan

Synonyms of polyabolo

Forms of polyabolo

pluralpolyabolos
pluralpolyaboloes

Origin of polyabolo

Blend of poly- + diabolo, from the resemblance of a diabolo in cross-section to two right isosceles triangles joined at the vertices of their right angles.

Questions about polyabolo

What does polyabolo mean?
Polyabolo means a polyform made by joining right isosceles triangles edge to edge in various arrangements.
What part of speech is polyabolo?
Polyabolo is a noun.
What is the plural of polyabolo?
The plural of polyabolo is polyabolos.

Words near polyabolo in the dictionary

  1. poly-theism
  2. poly-theistic
  3. poly-wheel
  4. poly-wheels
  5. poly-yne
  6. polyabolo
  7. polyaboloes
  8. polyabolos
  9. polyabuse
  10. polyabuser
  11. polyabusers

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