rep-tile
nounEtymology Coined as a pun on reptile by US mathematician Solomon W. Golomb. See repeat and tile.
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Geometry, Mathematics, Sciences A shape that can be dissected into a number of smaller copies of the same shape.
noun
Etymology Coined as a pun on reptile by US mathematician Solomon W. Golomb. See repeat and tile.
Geometry, Mathematics, Sciences A shape that can be dissected into a number of smaller copies of the same shape.
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