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Meaning of Tessellation | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1
tɛsəˈleɪʃən

Definitions

  1. The property or fact of tessellating.
  2. A tiling pattern with no gaps; the result of tessellating an area or plane.
  3. polygon tessellation.

Equivalents

Български мозайка
Suomi tesselaatio
Français tessellation
Polski parkietaż

Examples

“Squares can be used for tessellation.”
“This is a tessellation of the plane with squares and regular octagons.”
“Decorative arches intersect the graceful latticework of the expansive ridge and furrow trainshed rooves, woven together by a staggering tessellation of 48,000 glass panels.”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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