TESSELLATION
tessellation
(noun) the act of adorning with mosaic
tessellation
(noun) the careful juxtaposition of shapes in a pattern; “a tessellation of hexagons”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
tessellation (countable and uncountable, plural tessellations)
(uncountable) The property or fact of tessellating.
(countable) A tiling pattern with no gaps; the result of tessellating an area or plane.
(less common) Polygon tessellation.
Anagrams
• stellionates
Source: Wiktionary
Tes`sel*la"tion, n.
Definition: The act of tessellating; also, the mosaic work so formed. J. Forsyth.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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