tessellate

transitive verb

To form into a mosaic pattern, as by using small squares of stone or glass.

In zoology, same as tessellated, 3.

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.

noun

Something having a tessellated appearance.

To form by inlaying differently colored materials, as a pavement; hence, to variegate.

adjective

Tessellated.

transitive verb

To form into squares or checkers; to lay with checkered work.

verb

To cover with tiles or stones, as a mosaic.

verb

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

verb

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