English
Noun
tessellation (countable and uncountable; plural tessellations)
- uncountable The property or fact of tessellate|tessellating.
#:Squares can be used for tessellation.
- 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.
- uncountable A less common name for polygon tessellation.
Translations
French: pavage, dallage
Italian: tessellazione, tassellazione
Derived terms
polygon tessellation
regular tessellation
semiregular tessellation
Related terms
tessellate
See also
w:tessellation|Wikipedia article on tessellation
Mathworld article on tessellation
vi:tessellation
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