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Meaning of TESSELLATION

Pronunciation:  `tesu'leyshun

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  the act of adorning with mosaic
  2. [n]  the careful juxtaposition of shapes in a pattern; "a tessellation of hexagons"
 
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 See Also: apposition, collocation, decoration, juxtaposition

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Tes`sel*la"tion\, n.
The act of tessellating; also, the mosaic work so formed.
--J. Forsyth.
 

 

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