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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tessellated \Tes"sel*la`ted\, a.
1. Formed of little squares, as mosaic work checkered; as a
tessellated pavement.
2. (Bot. & Zo["o]l.) Marked like a checkerboard; as a
tessellated leaf.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tessellate \Tes"sel*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tessellated}; p.
pr & vb n. {Tessellating}.] [L. tessellatus tessellated.
See {Tessellar}.]
To form into squares or checkers; to lay with checkered work
The floors are sometimes of wood, tessellated after the
fashion of France. --Macaulay.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
tessellated
adj 1: having a checkered or mottled appearance
2: decorated with small pieces of colored glass or stone fitted
together; "a mosaic floor"; "a tessellated pavement" [syn:
{mosaic}]
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