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TESSELLATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tessellation mean? 

TESSELLATION (noun)
  The noun TESSELLATION has 2 senses:

1. the careful juxtaposition of shapes in a patternplay

2. the act of adorning with mosaicplay

  Familiarity information: TESSELLATION used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TESSELLATION (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The careful juxtaposition of shapes in a pattern

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

a tessellation of hexagons

Hypernyms ("tessellation" is a kind of...):

apposition; collocation; juxtaposition (the act of positioning close together (or side by side))


Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of adorning with mosaic

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("tessellation" is a kind of...):

decoration (the act of decorating something (in the hope of making it more attractive))

Derivation:

tessellate (tile with tesserae)


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