Hypertext Webster Gateway: "tessellated"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tessellated \Tes"sel*la`ted\, a.
1. Formed of little squares, as mosaic work; checkered; as, a
tessellated pavement.
2. (Bot. & Zo["o]l.) Marked like a checkerboard; as, a
tessellated leaf.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (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}]
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