| tessellate | (v) fit together exactly, of identical shapes, Example: triangles tessellate |
| tessellate | (v) tile with tesserae, Example: tessellate the kitchen floor |
| tessellation | (n) the careful juxtaposition of shapes in a pattern, Example: a tessellation of hexagons |
| tessellation | (n) the act of adorning with mosaic |
| Tessellata | ‖n. pl. [ NL. See Tessellate. ] (Zool.) A division of Crinoidea including numerous fossil species in which the body is covered with tessellated plates. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Tessellate | v. t. The floors are sometimes of wood, tessellated after the fashion of France. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Tessellate | a. [ L. tesselatus. ] Tessellated. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Tessellated | a. |
| Tessellation | n. The act of tessellating; also, the mosaic work so formed. J. Forsyth. [ 1913 Webster ] |