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towers of Hanoi

towers of Hanoi noun: a puzzle in which stacks of disks are moved one at a time from one of three spindles to another so that no disk ever rests on a smaller disk.

Noun

towers of Hanoi pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) A puzzle in which stacks of disks are moved one at a time from one of three spindles to another so that no disk ever rests on a smaller disk.

Questions about towers of Hanoi

What does towers of Hanoi mean?
Towers of Hanoi means a puzzle in which stacks of disks are moved one at a time from one of three spindles to another so that no disk ever rests on a smaller disk.
What part of speech is towers of Hanoi?
Towers of Hanoi is a noun.

Words near towers of Hanoi in the dictionary

  1. towerlike
  2. towerman
  3. towermen
  4. towers
  5. Towers of Babel
  6. towers of Hanoi
  7. towers of silence
  8. towers of strength
  9. towers over
  10. towerscape
  11. towerscapes

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