The equilateral triangle, the square and the regular hexagon are the only regular polygons that can form a tessellation of the plane.
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Tessellation
//tɛsəˈleɪʃən//
Synonyms for "tessellation" (26 found)
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8 translations across 5 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- мозайка noun (tiling pattern with no gaps; the result of tessellating an area or plane)
Catalan
2 entries- tessel·lació noun (the property or fact of tessellating)
- tessel·lació noun (tiling pattern with no gaps; the result of tessellating an area or plane)
Māori
2 entries- rōpinepine noun (tiling pattern with no gaps; the result of tessellating an area or plane)
- rōpinepinetanga noun (the property or fact of tessellating)
Polish
1 entries- parkietaż noun (tiling pattern with no gaps; the result of tessellating an area or plane)
Welsh
2 entries- brithwaith noun (the property or fact of tessellating)
- teseliad noun (the property or fact of tessellating)
Sample sentences
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Squares can be used for tessellation.
Source: wiktionary
This is a tessellation of the plane with squares and regular octagons.
Source: wiktionary
Decorative arches intersect the graceful latticework of the expansive ridge and furrow trainshed rooves, woven together by a staggering tessellation of 48,000 glass panels.
Source: wiktionary
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