tessellation

Plural: tessellations

Noun

• the careful juxtaposition of shapes in a pattern
  • "a tessellation of hexagons"
• the act of adorning with mosaic
• The property or fact of tessellating.
• A tiling pattern with no gaps; the result of tessellating an area or plane.
• polygon tessellation.

Examples

• Squares can be used for tessellation.
• This is a tessellation of the plane with squares and regular octagons.

Related Words

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