tessellated
pronunciation
How to pronounce tessellated in British English:
UK [ˈtesəleɪtɪd]
How to pronounce tessellated in American English:
US [ ˈtesəleɪtɪd]
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- Adjective:
- having a checkered or mottled appearance
- decorated with small pieces of colored glass or stone fitted together
Word Origin
- tessellated (adj.)
- 1690s, from Late Latin tessellatus "made of small square stones or tiles," past participle of tesselare, from tessella "small square stone or tile," diminutive of tessera "a cube or square of stone or wood," perhaps from Greek tessera, neuter of tesseres, Ionic variant of tessares "four" (see four), in reference to four corners. Related: Tessellate (v.), a 1791 back-formation (from 1826 as an adjective, 1909 as a noun); tessellating.
Example
- 1. Tepals white , sometimes tessellated with reddish color .
- 2. The building is decorated with tessellated plates of aluminium , a pattern inspired by the geometry of an insulin crystal and the musharabiya latticework of the region 's past .