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tessellate en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈtɛsəleɪt/

Etymology

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 -la 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.

Meanings

  1. tessellated

Forms

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tesselate alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

tessellate moray · tessellately

tessellate en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • (US) audio
  • /ˈtɛsəleɪt/

Etymology

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 -la 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.

Meanings

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

Forms

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tessellating Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
tessellates Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
tessellated Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
tessellated Tense=Past lexicographic
tesselate alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

tessellation

Relateds

tessella · tessera

Translations (5)

de pflastern (to cover with tiles or stones) · de parkettieren (to completely fill with multiple copies of a two-dimensional shape edge to edge) · de kacheln (to cover with tiles or stones) · de tessellieren (to completely fill with multiple copies of a two-dimensional shape edge to edge) · mi rōpinepine (to cover with tiles or stones)