Sekirov Dictionary

tessellate

/ˈtɛsəleɪt/

verb 3
adjective 1
forms 4

verb3

To cover with tiles or stones, as a mosaic; to tile.
•
to cover a two-dimensional shape, such that multiple copies of itself placed edge to edge cover an area leaving no space between the shapes.
- Regular hexagons tessellate.
•
To completely fill (an area) when multiple copies of one or more two-dimensional shapes are placed edge to edge.
- It is possible to tessellate the plane with equilateral triangles and regular hexagons.

adjective1

tessellated

forms

tessellated · tesselated · tessellating · tessellates

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