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tessellated |
3 definitions found 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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