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tessellation.

The property or fact of tessellating.

12 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/tɛsəˈleɪʃən/
  1. The property or fact of tessellating.

    uncountable
    Squares can be used for tessellation.
  2. A tiling pattern with no gaps; the result of tessellating an area or plane.

    countable
    This is a tessellation of the plane with squares and regular octagons.
  3. polygon tessellation.

    countable · uncommon · uncountable
Where this word comes from

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.

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