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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