tetris

English - Turkish

Definition of tetris in English Turkish dictionary

(Bilgisayar) Tetris, ilk olarak Haziran 1985'de Rus bilgisayar mühendisi Alexey Pajitnov tarafından bulunan zekaya yönelik bir platform oyunu. Bilgisayar ortamında oynandığı gibi, asıl olarak bu oyuna yönelik çıkan oyun aletlerinde de popüler olmuştur. Özellikle 1990'larda oldukça popüler olmuştur. Pajitnov, oyunun ismini nümerik önek Tetra ile sevdiği spor olan tenisin birleşmesinden türetmiştir

Turkish - Turkish

Definition of tetris in Turkish Turkish dictionary

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TETRİS

(Osmanlı Dönemi) Muhkem etmek, sağlamlaştırmak

English - English

Definition of tetris in English English dictionary

A puzzle video game in which falling tetrominoes must be manipulated to form complete lines, which are then cleared from the grid

there were some other guys there who were into cosplay—that's costume play—and their thing was, they were dressed as Tetris blocks.

The act of clearing four lines at once (the maximum possible) in Tetris

Score two Tetrises in two drops playing Marathon.

an electronic puzzle game in which falling tetrominoes must be manipulated to form complete lines

{i} computer game in which one must fill spaces in rows by adding the correct shapes, game of combination

Related Terms

Tetris effect

The effect of seeing hallucinatory images of a repetitive activity done beforehand

Etymology

() From Russian Тетрис (Tétris), coined by the creator of the game Alexey Pajitnov from the Greek numerical prefix тетра- (“tetra-”) (as all of the game's pieces contain four segments) and теннис (“tennis”), his favourite sport.