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Definition of Tessellate
1. Verb. Fit together exactly, of identical shapes. "Triangles tessellate"
2. Verb. Tile with tesserae. "Tessellate the kitchen floor"
Definition of Tessellate
1. v. t. To form into squares or checkers; to lay with checkered work.
2. a. Tessellated.
Definition of Tessellate
1. Verb. (transitive) To cover with tiles or stones, as a mosaic. ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive geometry) Of a two-dimensional shape, such that multiple copies of itself placed edge to edge cover an area leaving no space between the shapes. ¹
3. Verb. (transitive geometry) To completely fill (an area) when multiple copies of one or more two-dimensional shapes are placed edge to edge. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tessellate
1. [v -LATED, -LATING, -LATES]
Medical Definition of Tessellate
1. To form into squares or checkers; to lay with checkered work. "The floors are sometimes of wood, tessellated after the fashion of France." (Macaulay) Origin: L. Tessellatus tessellated. See Tessellar. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tessellate
Literary usage of Tessellate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1901)
"... cheeks tessellate and hardly or not punctured; front below ocelli striate ;
clypeus granular and dull at the sides, but disc strongly shining, ..."
2. The Entomologist; an Illustrated Journal of General Entomology by Edward Newman, Royal Entomological Society of London (1897)
"yellowish grey pubescence ; clypeus with the surface not concealed, shiny but
minutely tessellate, strongly and rather closely punctured, with a low median ..."
3. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1901)
"... cheeks tessellate and hardly or not punctured; front below ocelli striate ;
clypeus granular and dull at the sides, but disc strongly shining, ..."
4. The Entomologist; an Illustrated Journal of General Entomology by Edward Newman, Royal Entomological Society of London (1897)
"yellowish grey pubescence ; clypeus with the surface not concealed, shiny but
minutely tessellate, strongly and rather closely punctured, with a low median ..."
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