Etymology

kagome

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Today it means: An arrangement of laths composed of interlaced triangles such that each point where two laths cross has four neighboring points. Although called a lattice, it is more closely related to the trihexagonal tiling than to a mathematical lattice. Full definition →

Japanese 籠目
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  1. Japanese · borrowed from籠目
  2. English todaykagome

Borrowed from Japanese 籠目 (かごめ, kagome).

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