Tessellate

Adjective

Définitions

1.Adjectivetessellated

2.VerbTo cover with tiles or stones, as a mosaic; to tile.

3.Verbto cover a two-dimensional shape, such that multiple copies of itself placed edge to edge cover an area leaving no space between the shapes.

"Regular hexagons tessellate."

4.VerbTo completely fill (an area) when multiple copies of one or more two-dimensional shapes are placed edge to edge.

"It is possible to tessellate the plane with equilateral triangles and regular hexagons."

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