tessellate

== English == === Alternative forms === tesselate (chiefly U.S.) === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin tessellātus, from tessella, diminutive of tessera; from Ancient Greek τέσσαρες (téssares), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtɛsəleɪt/ === Adjective === tessellate tessellated ==== Derived terms ==== tessellate moray === Verb === tessellate (third-person singular simple present tessellates, present participle tessellating, simple past and past participle tessellated) (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. ==== Derived terms ==== tessellately tessellation ==== Related terms ==== tessella tessera ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== tessellate on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Mosaic on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Tile on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Latin == === Adjective === tessellāte vocative masculine singular of tessellātus