Associations to the word «Tessellation»

Wiktionary

TESSELLATION, noun. (uncountable) The property or fact of tessellating.
TESSELLATION, noun. (countable) A tiling pattern with no gaps; the result of tessellating an area or plane.
TESSELLATION, noun. (uncountable) A less common name for polygon tessellation.

Dictionary definition

TESSELLATION, noun. The careful juxtaposition of shapes in a pattern; "a tessellation of hexagons".
TESSELLATION, noun. The act of adorning with mosaic.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats