tessellation

English

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.

3. (uncountable) A less common name for polygon tessellation.

Translations

the property or fact of tessellating

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

polygon tessellation — see polygon tessellation

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Translations to be checked

• French: pavage, dallage

• Italian: tessellazione, tassellazione

Derived terms

• polygon tessellation
• regular tessellation
• semiregular tessellation

Related terms

• tessellate

See also

• Wikipedia article on tessellation
• Mathworld article on tessellation