Tessellation
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /tɛsəˈleɪʃən/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Tessellation is a noun meaning (uncountable) The property or fact of tessellating.
Meaning
(uncountable) The property or fact of tessellating.
More Meanings
- (countable) A tiling pattern with no gaps; the result of tessellating an area or plane.
- (less common) polygon tessellation.
Example Sentences
Squares can be used for tessellation.
This is a tessellation of the plane with squares and regular octagons.
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.
Word Forms
- tessellations
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include tesselation, tiling, tileability, tessarine, cantellation, triangulation.
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