"tessellate" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈtɛsəleɪt/ Audio: en-us-tesselate.ogg [US] Forms: tessellates [present, singular, third-person], tessellating [participle, present], tessellated [participle, past], tessellated [past]
Etymology: From Latin tessellatus, from tessella, diminutive of tessera; from Ancient Greek τέσσαρες (téssares), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|tessellatus}} Latin tessellatus, {{m|la|tessella}} tessella, {{m|la|tessera}} tessera, {{der|en|grc|τέσσαρες}} Ancient Greek τέσσαρες (téssares), {{der|en|ine-pro|*kʷetwóres}} Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres Head templates: {{en-verb}} tessellate (third-person singular simple present tessellates, present participle tessellating, simple past and past participle tessellated)
  1. (transitive) To cover with tiles or stones, as a mosaic; to tile. Tags: transitive Translations (to cover with tiles or stones): kacheln (German), pflastern (German)
    Sense id: en-tessellate-en-verb-3y2P8Hzb Disambiguation of 'to cover with tiles or stones': 86 11 3
  2. (intransitive, geometry) to cover a two-dimensional shape, such that multiple copies of itself placed edge to edge cover an area leaving no space between the shapes. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Geometry
    Sense id: en-tessellate-en-verb-5DhS5Sg- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, Tesselation Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 66 26 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 11 60 29 Disambiguation of Tesselation: 9 70 21 Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences
  3. (transitive, geometry) To completely fill (an area) when multiple copies of one or more two-dimensional shapes are placed edge to edge. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Geometry
    Sense id: en-tessellate-en-verb-JEyYnf8~ Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: tesselate [US] Derived forms: tessellation Related terms: tessella, tessera Translations (to completely fill with multiple copies of a two-dimensional shape edge to edge): tessellieren (German), parkettieren (German)
Disambiguation of 'to completely fill with multiple copies of a two-dimensional shape edge to edge': 1 45 54

Adjective [Latin]

Forms: tessellāte [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|la|adjective form|head=tessellāte}} tessellāte
  1. vocative masculine singular of tessellātus Tags: form-of, masculine, singular, vocative Form of: tessellātus
    Sense id: en-tessellate-la-adj-BHiqFlqu Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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