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tessellation

  • /tɛsəˈleɪʃən/

noun 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. countable, uncommon, uncountable polygon tessellation.

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@misc{tessellation_2026,
  title = {tessellation},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tessellation},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}