TESSELLATE
tessellate
(verb) tile with tesserae; “tessellate the kitchen floor”
tessellate
(verb) fit together exactly, of identical shapes; “triangles tessellate”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
tessellate (third-person singular simple present tessellates, present participle tessellating, simple past and past participle tessellated)
(transitive) To cover with tiles or stones, as a mosaic; to tile.
(intransitive, geometry) Of a two-dimensional shape, such that multiple copies of itself placed edge to edge cover an area leaving no space between the shapes.
(transitive, geometry) To completely fill (an area) when multiple copies of one or more two-dimensional shapes are placed edge to edge.
Source: Wiktionary
Tes"sel*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tessellated; p. pr. & vb. n. Tessellating.] Etym: [L. tessellatus tessellated. See Tessellar.]
Definition: To form into squares or checkers; to lay with checkered work. The floors are sometimes of wood, tessellated after the fashion of France. Macaulay.
Tes"sel*late, a. Etym: [L. tesselatus.]
Definition: Tessellated.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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