tessellate

IPA: tˈɛsʌɫeɪt

verb

  • (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.
  • (transitive, geometry) To completely fill (an area) when multiple copies of one or more two-dimensional shapes are placed edge to edge.
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Examples of "tessellate" in Sentences

  • I needed to tessellated some of them.
  • Plant cells are tessellated to form tissues.
  • These are the remains of tessellated pavements.
  • I love both of your tessellated pavement images very much.
  • Bark is yellowish fawn, flaky, rough and somewhat tessellated.
  • The tessellated pavement was acquired for the British Museum in 1899.
  • The bark is grey or reddish brown, flaky, somewhat tessellated and fibrous.
  • It depicts a desk on which is a drawing of a tessellated pattern of reptiles.
  • Upstairs is a tessellated Roman pavement of blue lias limestone and red tile.
  • His look makes a change from his previous outfits this week which had his tessellated shape print jumper in common.

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