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TILING
tiling
(noun) the application of tiles to cover a surface
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
tiling (countable and uncountable, plural tilings)
A covering of tiles.
(uncountable) The act of applying tiles.
(geometry) A tessellation; the covering of a plane with shapes, without overlaps or gaps.
(comptheory) A technique for optimizing loops by partitioning the iteration space into smaller chunks or blocks that will more easily fit in a cache.
Verb
tiling
present participle of tile
Anagrams
• liting
Source: Wiktionary
Til"ing, n.
1. A surface covered with tiles, or composed of tiles. They . . . let him down through the tiling. Luke v. 19.
2. Tiles, collectively.
TILE
Tile, v. t. Etym: [See 2d Tiler.]
Definition: To protect from the intrusion of the uninitiated; as, to tile a Masonic lodge.
Tile, n. Etym: [OE. tile, tigel, AS. tigel, tigol, fr. L. tegula, from tegere to cover. See Thatch, and cf. Tegular.]
1. A plate, or thin piece, of baked clay, used for covering the roofs of buildings, for floors, for drains, and often for ornamental mantel works.
2. (Arch.) (a) A small slab of marble or other material used for flooring. (b) A plate of metal used for roofing.
3. (Metal.)
Definition: A small, flat piece of dried earth or earthenware, used to cover vessels in which metals are fused.
4. A draintile.
5. A stiff hat. [Colloq.] Dickens. Tile drain, a drain made of tiles.
– Tile earth, a species of strong, clayey earth; stiff and stubborn land. [Prov. Eng.] -- Tile kiln, a kiln in which tiles are burnt; a tilery.
– Tile ore (Min.), an earthy variety of cuprite.
– Tile red, light red like the color of tiles or bricks.
– Tile tea, a kind of hard, flat brick tea. See Brick tea, under Brick.
Tile, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tiled; p. pr. & vb. n. Tiling.]
1. To cover with tiles; as, to tile a house.
2. Fig.: To cover, as if with tiles. The muscle, sinew, and vein, Which tile this house, will come again. Donne.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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