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TESSELLATION

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of adorning with mosaic

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("tessellation" is a kind of...):

decoration (the act of decorating something (in the hope of making it more attractive))

Derivation:

tessellate (tile with tesserae)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The careful juxtaposition of shapes in a pattern

Example:

a tessellation of hexagons

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("tessellation" is a kind of...):

apposition; collocation; juxtaposition (the act of positioning close together (or side by side))

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