tessellate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb fit together exactly, of identical shapes
    • triangles tessellate
  2. verb tile with tesserae
    • tessellate the kitchen floor

WordNet

Tes"sel*late transitive verb
Etymology
L. tessellatus tessellated. See Tessellar.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Tessellated ; present participle & verbal noun Tessellating
Definitions
  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.
Tes"sel*late adjective
Etymology
L. tesselatus.
Definitions
  1. Tessellated.

Webster 1913