Tessellated

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  patterned \patterned\ adj.
     Having describable patterns, especially patterns of colors.
     [Narrower terms: {banded}, {blotched, blotchy, splotched},
     {brindled, brindle, brinded, tabby}, {burled}, {checked,
     checkered}, {dappled, mottled}, {dotted, flecked, specked,
     speckled, stippled}, {figured}, {floral, flowered}, {laced},


     {marbled, marbleized}, {moire, watered}, {pinstriped,
     pinstripe(prenominal)}, {slashed, streaked}, {spotted},
     {sprigged}, {streaked, streaky}, {striped, stripy},
     {tessellated}, {veined, venose}] {plain, solid}
     [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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           The floors are sometimes of wood, tessellated after the
           fashion of France.                       --Macaulay.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tessellated \Tes"sel*la`ted\, a.
     1. Formed of little squares, as mosaic work; checkered; as, a
        tessellated pavement.
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     2. (Bot. & Zool.) Marked like a checkerboard; as, a
        tessellated leaf.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  tessellated
       adj 1: having a checkered or mottled appearance
       2: decorated with small pieces of colored glass or stone fitted
          together; "a mosaic floor"; "a tessellated pavement" [syn:
           {mosaic}]