tessellate
adjEtymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres Proto-Hellenic *kʷétwores Ancient Greek τέσσαρες (téssares)bor. Latin tessera Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin tessella Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Latin tessellātuslbor. English tessellate Learned borrowing from Latin tessellātus, from tessella, diminutive of tessera; from Ancient Greek τέσσαρες (téssares), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres.
- derived from *kʷetwóres✻
- derived from τέσσαρες
- learned borrowing from tessellātus
Definitions
tessellated
To cover with tiles or stones, as a mosaic
To cover with tiles or stones, as a mosaic; to tile.
to cover a two-dimensional shape, such that multiple copies of itself placed edge to edge…
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.
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To completely fill (an area) when multiple copies of one or more two-dimensional shapes…
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.
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Derived
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