See Also: tessellate(medicine)
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tessellate(2) (iou)



tessellate verb. Also tesselate. L18.
[Late Latin tessellat- pa. ppl stem of tessellare, from TESSELLA: see -ATE3. Cf. TESSELLATED.]
verb trans. Make, combine, or fit into a mosaic (lit. & fig.); decorate with mosaics; make with tesserae. L18.
verb trans. & intrans. Math. Cover (a plane surface) completely by the repeated use of (esp. identical) geometrical shapes, without gaps or overlapping; divide (a surface) into such a pattern of repeating shapes. Also, so fill or divide (a space or higher dimensional analogue). M20.