Definition of "tessellate" in İngilizce

adjective

1. tessellated

verb

1. (transitive) To cover with tiles or stones, as a mosaic; to tile.

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.

   • Regular hexagons tessellate.

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

   • It is possible to tessellate the plane with equilateral triangles and regular hexagons.