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22: 135: 513:', where all parts used are sticks (usually matchsticks) rather than polysticks. Some trick puzzles can only be solved when one assumes that the sticks actually have measurements in more than one dimension. Three-dimensional arrangements like 496:
that uses multiple sticks or 'polysticks' (which can be one-dimensional objects) to assemble two- or three-dimensional configurations.
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are configurations of joined or unjoined thin (ideally one-dimensional) 'sticks'. The sticks may be;
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on paper, matchsticks, pieces of straw, wire or similar.
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