monohedrally

English

Regular hexagons tile the plane monohedrally.

Etymology

From monohedral +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

monohedrally (not comparable)

1. (geometry) In a monohedral manner; involving only copies of the original tile (allowing for translation, rotation, and reflection).
   • 1987, Branko Grünbaum, G[eoffrey] C[olin] Shephard, Tilings and Patterns, New York, N.Y.: W. H. Freeman and Company, →ISBN, page 22:

     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.

See also

• monotile