TESSELLATED

tessellated

(adjective) decorated with small pieces of colored glass or stone fitted together in a mosaic; “a tessellated pavement”

tessellated

(adjective) having a checkered or mottled appearance

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

tessellated (comparative more tessellated, superlative most tessellated)

Covered with pieces that are similarly shaped.

Verb

tessellated

simple past tense and past participle of tessellate

Source: Wiktionary


Tes"sel*la`ted, a.

1. Formed of little squares, as mosaic work; checkered; as, a tessellated pavement.

2. (Bot. & Zoöl.)

Definition: Marked like a checkerboard; as, a tessellated leaf.

TESSELLATE

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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