tessellate
transitive verbTo form into a mosaic pattern, as by using small squares of stone or glass.
In zoology, same as
Having the appearance of a mosaic pavement; made up of elements of such forms and arrangement as to produce the appearance of a mosaic pavement, as in the case of spicules of sponges and spines of echinoids which have their distal ends enlarged, flattened, of polygonal form, and closely arranged.
nounSomething having a tessellated appearance.
To form by inlaying differently colored materials, as a pavement; hence, to variegate.
adjectiveTessellated.
transitive verbTo form into squares or checkers; to lay with checkered work.
verbTo cover with tiles or stones, as a
Of a
To completely fill (an area) when multiple copies of one or more two-dimensional shapes are placed edge to edge.
