monohedrally

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adverb

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

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Meanings

adverbmonohedrally (not comparable)
  1. not comparablegeometryIn 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

From monohedral + -ly.

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