tessellate

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"Its four-sided pyramidal shape would also tessellate, fitting together into a pallet or shelf either by slotting together 'side by side', or using a simple punched cardboard sheet that would separate the different layers of pyramids on the shelf."

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

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  • How might we tessellate more freely? gradients that are neither linear nor radial: Because the gradients specified by SVG are either radial or linear, it is natural to investigate ways of transcending this limitation. —  unalog
  • "Its four-sided pyramidal shape would also tessellate, fitting together into a pallet or shelf either by slotting together 'side by side', or using a simple punched cardboard sheet that would separate the different layers of pyramids on the shelf." —  BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition
  • I know it sounds confusing and personality disorderish but when you tessellate too much, the needles are bound to wander. —  reddogknits
  • Then I learned that tessellate geometry, and decided to try using that. —  MSDN Blogs
  • The bright mosaic, that with storied beauty, the floor of nature's temple tessellate. —  Pearls of Thought
 

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  1. From Latin tessellātus, of small square stones, from tessella, small cube, diminutive of tessera, a square; see tessera.

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  1. from Latin tessellatus, made of small square stones, checkered, from tessella, a small square stone: see tessella.
 

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/ˈtɛsɛleɪt/
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