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tessellate

/ˈtɛs.ə.leɪt/

tessellateverb

tessellated

Past Simple

tessellated

Past Participle

tessellating

Gerund

/ˈtɛs.ə.leɪt/

Translations

мозаично выкладывать

The artist decided to tessellate the floor with colorful tiles.

Художник решил мозаично выложить пол цветными плитками.

Definitions

To cover a plane surface by repeated use of a single shape, without gaps or overlapping.

The artist decided to tessellate the floor with hexagonal tiles to create a unique pattern.

In computing and cartography, to divide (data or an image) into a repeated pattern of polygons or tiles so as to completely cover a surface without overlaps or gaps.

The rendering engine tessellates the 3-D model into triangles before shading.

Synonyms

fit together

tessellateadjective

/ˈtɛs.ɪ.leɪt/

/ˈtɛs.əˌleɪt/

Used attributively in biology and descriptive writing to denote something arranged in a mosaic/checkered pattern.

Definitions

Arranged in or marked by a mosaic of small, usually square or polygonal, blocks; checkered.

Under the microscope the reptile's skin appeared distinctly tessellate.