See Also: tessellation(dictionary)

tessellation (iou)



tessellation noun. Also tesselation. M17.
[formed as TESSELLATE verb: see -ATION.]
An arrangement of shapes, colours, minute parts, etc., closely fitted together; spec. an arrangement of (esp. identical) polygons in a pattern without gaps or overlapping. M17.
fig.: J. S. Le Fanu The writings of the Apostolic Fathers are..a tesselation of holy writ.
The action or art of tessellating; the state of being tessellated. E19.
J. Forsyth The work is not mosaic, for there is no tessellation.