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tessellation en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /tɛsəˈleɪʃən/
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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 Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ion English tessellation From tessellate + -ion.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The property or fact of tessellating.
    • Squares can be used for tessellation.
  2. (countable) 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.
    • 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. 2023 October 18, Nick Brodrick, “The grand gateway to Glasgow”, in RAIL, number 994, page 32:
  3. (countable, uncommon, uncountable) polygon tessellation.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
tessellations Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

regular tessellation · polygon tessellation · semiregular tessellation

Relateds

tessellate

Translations (8)

cy brithwaith (the property or fact of tessellating) · bg мозайка (tiling pattern with no gaps; the result of tessellating an area or plane) · cy teseliad (the property or fact of tessellating) · ca tessel·lació (the property or fact of tessellating) · pl parkietaż (tiling pattern with no gaps; the result of tessellating an area or plane) · mi rōpinepine (tiling pattern with no gaps; the result of tessellating an area or plane) · ca tessel·lació (tiling pattern with no gaps; the result of tessellating an area or plane) · mi rōpinepinetanga (the property or fact of tessellating)