Crossword clues for tessellate
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Tessellate \Tes"sel*late\, a. [L. tesselatus.] Tessellated.
Tessellate \Tes"sel*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tessellated; p. pr. & vb. n. Tessellating.] [L. tessellatus tessellated. See Tessellar.] To form into squares or checkers; to lay with checkered work.
The floors are sometimes of wood, tessellated after the
fashion of France.
--Macaulay.
Wiktionary
alt. 1 (context transitive English) To cover with tiles or stones, as a mosaic. 2 (context intransitive geometry English) Of a two-dimensional shape, such that multiple copies of itself placed edge to edge cover an area leaving no space between the shapes. 3 (context transitive geometry English) To completely fill (an area) when multiple copies of one or more two-dimensional shapes are placed edge to edge. vb. 1 (context transitive English) To cover with tiles or stones, as a mosaic. 2 (context intransitive geometry English) Of a two-dimensional shape, such that multiple copies of itself placed edge to edge cover an area leaving no space between the shapes. 3 (context transitive geometry English) To completely fill (an area) when multiple copies of one or more two-dimensional shapes are placed edge to edge.
WordNet
v. tile with tesserae; "tessellate the kitchen floor"
Wikipedia
"Tessellate" is a song by English indie rock band alt-J from their debut studio album, An Awesome Wave (2012). The song was written by Joe Newman, Gus Unger-Hamilton, Gwilym Sainsbury and Thom Green and produced by Charlie Andrew. It was released on 13 July 2012 as the album's third single. "Tessellate" has been used on television series such as CSI: NY, Longmire, and Sons of Anarchy.
In 2013, "Tessellate" was covered by English singer and songwriter Ellie Goulding on the deluxe edition of Halcyon Days, the reissue of her second studio album, Halcyon. English indie folk band Mumford & Sons also covered the song on BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge on 25 September 2012; their version was included on the compilation album BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge 2013.
Usage examples of "tessellate".
It was more noticeable in Shiriya-Shenin: their slit robes, curved pairs of blades and manes braided with ceramic beads, their habit of going barefoot on tessellated stone floors.
Curia Hostilia had been uninspiring within: the tiers had been blocks of unrendered tufa, the walls drably painted with a few red curliques and lines on a beige background, the curule dais more tufa stone, and the central space between the two banks of tiers tessellated in black and white marble so old it had long lost polish or majesty.
The old Curia Hostilia had been uninspiring within: the tiers had been blocks of unrendered tufa, the walls drably painted with a few red curliques and lines on a beige background, the curule dais more tufa stone, and the central space between the two banks of tiers tessellated in black and white marble so old it had long lost polish or majesty.
Curia Hostilia had been uninspiring within: the tiers had been blocks of unrendered tufa, the walls drably painted with a few red curliques and lines on a beige background, the curule dais more tufa stone, and the central space between the two banks of tiers tessellated in black and white marble so old it had long lost polish or majesty.
How Martel stumbled on a vein this rich I don't know, but the point is that unless he takes the gold down the far side of the Tessellate Mountains, he has to run it through the assay office in either Plat City or Rand, and he's too cautious not to have installed at least one listening ear in each city's police department.
Now a newly tessellated marble floor waited for an Axminster carpet, currently being woven especially.
Or now perhaps not a tar pit but a sea of bones or a grid, a wall of tessellated carbon or scabmatter the size of a city.