tessellation

English

Etymology

tessellate +‎ -ion

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛsəˈleɪʃən/

Noun

tessellation (countable and uncountable, plural tessellations)

1. (uncountable) The property or fact of tessellating.

   Squares can be used for tessellation.

2. (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.

   • 2023 October 18, Nick Brodrick, “The grand gateway to Glasgow”, in RAIL, number 994, page 32:

     Decorative arches intersect the graceful latticework of the expansive ridge and furrow trainshed rooves, woven together by a staggering tessellation of 48,000 glass panels.

3. (less common) polygon tessellation.

Derived terms

• polygon tessellation
• regular tessellation
• semiregular tessellation

Related terms

• tessellate

Translations

the property or fact of tessellating

• Catalan: tessel·lació (ca) f
• Welsh: brithwaith m, teseliad m

tiling pattern with no gaps; the result of tessellating an area or plane

• Bulgarian: мозайка (bg) f (mozajka)
• Catalan: tessel·lació (ca) f
• Maori: rōpinepine
• Polish: parkietaż m

polygon tessellation — see polygon tessellation

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Translations to be checked

• French: pavage (fr), dallage (fr)
• Italian: tessellazione, tassellazione

See also

• Wikipedia article on tessellation
• Mathworld article on tessellation

Anagrams

• stellionates

French

Etymology

From tesseller +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛ.sɛ.la.sjɔ̃/, /te.se.la.sjɔ̃/

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Noun

tessellation f (plural tessellations)

1. tessellation