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Vinony

tessellate

verb

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈtɛsəleɪt/

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree Latin tessellātuslbor. English tessellate Learned borrowing from Latin tessellātus, from tessella, diminutive of tessera; from Ancient Greek τέσσαρες (téssares), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres.

  1. tessellated

verb

Etymology: Etymology tree Latin tessellātuslbor. English tessellate Learned borrowing from Latin tessellātus, from tessella, diminutive of tessera; from Ancient Greek τέσσαρες (téssares), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres.

  1. To cover with tiles or stones, as a mosaic; to tile.
  2. 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.”

  3. 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.”