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Wang tile

Wang tile noun: a square tile with a colour on each side. Possible sets of such tiles are studied to determine whether they can tile the plane (arranged with like colours touching, and without rotations or reflections) and whether this can be done in a periodic pattern.

Noun

Wang tile (plural Wang tiles)

  1. A square tile with a colour on each side. Possible sets of such tiles are studied to determine whether they can tile the plane (arranged with like colours touching, and without rotations or reflections) and whether this can be done in a periodic pattern.

Forms of Wang tile

pluralWang tiles

Origin of Wang tile

First proposed by mathematician, logician, and philosopher Hao Wang in 1961.

Questions about Wang tile

What does Wang tile mean?
Wang tile means a square tile with a colour on each side. Possible sets of such tiles are studied to determine whether they can tile the plane (arranged with like colours touching, and without rotations or reflections) and whether this can be done in a periodic pattern.
What part of speech is Wang tile?
Wang tile is a noun.
What is the plural of Wang tile?
The plural of Wang tile is Wang tiles.

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