English Explanatory Dictionary

rep-tile

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A shape that can be dissected into a number of smaller copies of the same shape.

Word forms

rep-tile rep-tiles

Etymology

Coined as a pun on reptile by US mathematician Solomon W. Golomb. See repeat and tile.

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