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Domino vs Dominolike - What's the difference?

domino | dominolike |

As a noun domino

is .

As an adjective dominolike is

resembling a domino (game piece) or some aspect of one, especially the propensity to tumble in a chain reaction.

domino

English

(Dominoes)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (games) A tile divided into two squares, each having 0 to 6 dots or pips (as in dice), used in the game of dominoes.
  • (politics) A country that is expected to react to events in a neighboring country, according to the domino effect
  • A masquerade costume consisting of a hooded robe and a mask covering the upper part of the face.
  • * 1749 , Henry Fielding, Tom Jones , Folio Society 1973, p. 485:
    • all the women were desirous of having the bundle immediately opened; which operation was at length performed by little Betsy, with the consent of Mr Jones: and the contents were found to be a domino , a mask, and a masquerade ticket.
  • * 1983 , (Lawrence Durrell), Sebastian'', Faber & Faber 2004 (''Avignon Quintet ), p. 1007:
    • Then he hunted for the black carnival domino , supposing that it was the appropriate thing for a penitent to wear.
  • The mask itself.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1872 , year_published=2009 , edition=HTML , editor= , author=James De Mille , title=The Cryptogram , chapter= citation , genre= , publisher=The Gutenberg Project , isbn= , page= , passage=He wore a domino , but beneath it could be seen his whiskers, cut after the English fashion, and long and pendent. }}
  • The person wearing the costume.
  • (geometry) A polyomino made up of two squares.

    • Synonyms

    * (polyomino)

    Derived terms

    * domino effect * dominoes * polyomino * triomino

    Related terms

    * dominate

    Verb

    (es)
  • To collapse in the manner of dominoes.
  • To cause to collapse in the manner of dominoes.

    • Quotations

    * 2010 , Ring of Fire: An Indonesian Odyssey (ISBN 981426010X), page 107: *: A dismasting often means the dominoing of one mast into the other, down through the decks, cannoning the cargo through the hull below, and sinking the ship very quickly.

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    dominolike

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Resembling a domino (game piece) or some aspect of one, especially the propensity to tumble in a chain reaction.
  • * 1990 , Joseph E Stevens, Hoover Dam: An American Adventure
    • Any failure in the cableway system would have a dominolike effect on the entire project, upsetting the pouring timetable, snarling rail traffic...
  • * 1991 , Eric Foner, John Arthur Garraty, The Reader's companion to American history
    • He also feared that Vietnam's fall would lead to dominolike communist successes in Southeast Asia.
  • * 2008 , Sandi Ault, Wild Indigo
    • This same event was repeated in a dominolike sequence as motorists on both sides of the road hastened to undo their automatic reaction...