The floors are sometimes of wood, tessellated after the fashion of France. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
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tessellating — tes·sel·late || tesɪleɪt v. create a mosaic, tile with small squares … English contemporary dictionary
Tessellation — A tessellation of pavement A honeycomb is an example of a t … Wikipedia
tessellation — noun a) The property or fact of tessellating. Squares can be used for tessellation. b) A tiling pattern with no gaps; the result of tessellating an area or plane. This is a tessellation of the plane with squares and regular octagons. See Also:… … Wiktionary
Tessellate — Tes sel*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tessellated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tessellating}.] [L. tessellatus tessellated. See {Tessellar}.] To form into squares or checkers; to lay with checkered work. [1913 Webster] The floors are sometimes of wood,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Tessellated — Tessellate Tes sel*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tessellated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tessellating}.] [L. tessellatus tessellated. See {Tessellar}.] To form into squares or checkers; to lay with checkered work. [1913 Webster] The floors are sometimes of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Tessellation — Tes sel*la tion, n. The act of tessellating; also, the mosaic work so formed. J. Forsyth. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
tessellation — noun Date: 1660 1. a. mosaic b. a covering of an infinite geometric plane without gaps or overlaps by congruent plane figures of one type or a few types 2. an act of tessellating ; the state of being tessellated … New Collegiate Dictionary
Envelope — This article is about envelopes in packaging. For other uses, see Envelope (disambiguation). Front of an envelope mailed in the U.S. in 1906, with a postage stamp and address … Wikipedia
Jigsaw puzzle — For the Rolling Stones song, see Jigsaw Puzzle A jigsaw puzzle is a tiling puzzle that requires the assembly of numerous small, often oddly shaped, interlocking and tessellating pieces. Each piece has a small part of a picture on it; when… … Wikipedia
Bridget Riley — For the boxer, see Bridgett Riley. Infobox Artist bgcolour = name = Bridget Riley imagesize = 220px caption = Movement in Squares , 1961. birthname = Bridget L Riley birthdate = Birth date and age|1931|4|24|mf=y location = London, England, United … Wikipedia
