tessellate

English

Alternative forms

tesselate (chiefly U.S.)

Etymology

From Latin tessellatus, from tessella, diminutive of tessera; from Ancient Greek τέσσαρες (téssares), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtɛsəleɪt/
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Verb

tessellate (third-person singular simple present tessellates, present participle tessellating, simple past and past participle tessellated)

(transitive) To cover with tiles or stones, as a mosaic; to tile.
(intransitive, geometry) 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.
(transitive, geometry) 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.

Derived terms

tessellation

Related terms

Translations

to cover with tiles or stones

German: kacheln (de), pflastern (de)

to completely fill with multiple copies of a two-dimensional shape edge to edge

German: tessellieren (de), parkettieren (de)

Latin

Adjective

tessellāte

vocative masculine singular of tessellātus

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