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TESSELLATION
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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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