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Tessellation

//tɛsəˈleɪʃən// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The property or fact of tessellating. uncountable

    "Squares can be used for tessellation."

  2. 2
    the act of adorning with mosaic wordnet
  3. 3
    A tiling pattern with no gaps; the result of tessellating an area or plane. countable

    "This is a tessellation of the plane with squares and regular octagons."

  4. 4
    the careful juxtaposition of shapes in a pattern wordnet
  5. 5
    polygon tessellation. countable, uncommon, uncountable

Etymology

From tessellate + -ion.

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