Regular hexagons tessellate.
Source: wiktionary
Tessellate
//ˈtɛsəleɪt//
Synonyms for "tessellate" (46 found)
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German
4 entries- kacheln verb (to cover with tiles or stones)
- parkettieren verb (to completely fill with multiple copies of a two-dimensional shape edge to edge)
- pflastern verb (to cover with tiles or stones)
- tessellieren verb (to completely fill with multiple copies of a two-dimensional shape edge to edge)
Māori
1 entries- rōpinepine verb (to cover with tiles or stones)
Sample sentences
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It is possible to tessellate the plane with equilateral triangles and regular hexagons.
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