tessellate

动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To cover with tiles or stones, as a mosaic; to tile. transitive
  2. 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. intransitive
    — Regular hexagons tessellate.
  3. To completely fill (an area) when multiple copies of one or more two-dimensional shapes are placed edge to edge. transitive
    — It is possible to tessellate the plane with equilateral triangles and regular hexagons.
形容词 adj.
  1. tessellated

词形变化

tesselate alternative tessellates present,singular,third-person tessellating participle,present tessellated participle,past tessellated past tesselate alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
tessellation
相关词
tessella tessera

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Latin tessellātuslbor.
English tessellate
Learned borrowing from Latin tessellātus, from tessella, diminutive of tessera; from Ancient Greek τέσσαρες (téssares), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Latin tessellātuslbor.
English tessellate
Learned borrowing from Latin tessellātus, from tessella, diminutive of tessera; from Ancient Greek τέσσαρες (téssares), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres.
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