Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wang tile

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.52 in modern English

Syllables
wang tile
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A square tile with a colour on each side. Possible sets of such tiles are studied to determine whether they can tile the plane (arranged with like colours touching, and without rotations or reflections) and whether this can be done in a periodic pattern.

Etymology

First proposed by mathematician, logician, and philosopher Hao Wang in 1961.

Inflected Forms

Wang tiles (plural)

Questions

What does wang tile mean?
A square tile with a colour on each side. Possible sets of such tiles are studied to determine whether they can tile the plane (arranged with like colours touching, and without rotations or reflections) and whether this can be done in a periodic pattern.
Where does wang tile come from?
First proposed by mathematician, logician, and philosopher Hao Wang in 1961.

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