[ 'tɛsəleɪt ]
■ verb
1》 decorate (a floor) with mosaics.
2》 Mathematics cover (a plane surface) by repeated use of a single shape, without gaps or overlapping.
Derivatives
tesselated adjective
tesselation noun
Origin
C18 (earlier (C17) as ~d ): from late L. tessellat- , tessellare , from tessella , dimin. of tessera (see tessera ).