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Adjective: tessellated  'te-su`ley-tid
  1. Having a checkered or mottled appearance
     
  2. Decorated with small pieces of coloured glass or stone fitted together in a mosaic
    "a tessellated pavement"
Verb: tessellate  'te-su`leyt
  1. Fit together exactly, of identical shapes
    "triangles tessellate"
     
  2. Tile with tesserae
    "tessellate the kitchen floor"

See also: adorned, decorated, patterned, tessella, tessellation, tessera

Type of: fit, go, tile

Encyclopedia: Tessellate

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