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pentomino [pent′äm·ə·nō]

(mathematics)

One of the 12 plane figures that can be formed by joining five unit squares along their sides.

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No references found			Otherwise, two, three or four people can play it as a competitive spatial game, rather like the classic Pentomino game, placing pieces, one after the other, to occupy the spaces of the playing board, and the "heights" above the board. Blokus in space by Gough, John / Australian Mathematics Teacher Golomb proposed many excellent polyomino puzzles, as well as his classic pentomino game. Diversions by Gough, John / Australian Mathematics Teacher A pentomino is formed when 5 equal squares are joined so that every square has at least one side touching the whole side of another square. Hands-on shapes by de Mestre, Neville / Australian Mathematics Teacher			Pentium 4 Processor Extreme Edition Pentium class Pentium clone Pentium D Pentium Extreme Edition Pentium II Pentium II class Pentium II Xeon Pentium III Pentium III class Pentium M Pentium MMX Pentium Pro Pentium Pro class Pentium Processor Extreme Edition Pentium upgradable Pentland Firth Pentlandite pentobarbital sodium Pentode pentode transistor pentoglycan pentoglycerine pentolinium tartrate Pentolite pentomino pentosan Pentose pentose phosphate pathway Pentose-Phosphate Cycle pentosuria pentoxide pentstemon Pentti Eskola Pentti Haanpaa Pentti Haanpää pentyl Pentylenetetrazol pentyne Penuel Penumbra penumbral eclipse penumbral waves Penutian Penutian languages Penutian-Speaking Peoples Penwood State Park Penza Penza Oblast Penzance Penzhina			Pentium XE Pentium/ Pentium4 Pentland Firth Pentland Firth Pentland Hills Regional Park pentlandite pentlandite pentobarbital pentobarbital pentobarbital Pentobarbital Chlorpromazine Alcohol Group pentobarbital sodium pentobarbital sodium pentobarbital sodium pentobarbital/pentobarbital sodium pentobarbitone pentobarbitone pentode pentode Pentode transistor pentodes pentodes pentoglycan pentoglycerine Pentoic Pentole pentolinium tartrate Pentolite Pentomic pentomino Pentominoes Pentominos Penton Media Pentone Pentonimo pentop pentosan pentosan pentosan Pentosan polysulfate Pentosan polysulfate sodium Pentosan polysulphate pentosans pentosans pentosans pentose pentose pentose Pentose and glucuronate interconversions Pentose and glucuronate interconversions Pentose and glucuronate interconversions pentose cycle pentose cycle pentose cycle Pentose interconversion Pentose interconversion Pentose interconversion Pentose interconversions Pentose interconversions Pentose interconversions

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