tes·sel·la·tion

[tes-uh-ley-shuhn]
noun
1.
the art or practice of tessellating.
2.
tessellated form or arrangement.
3.
Also, tes·se·la·tion.


Origin:
1650–60; tessellate (v.) + -ion

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tessellation (ˌtɛsɪˈleɪʃən) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
1.  the act of tessellating
2.  the form or a specimen of tessellated work

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Tesselation is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
Example sentences
Samples can be spread out over the area of interest by using some sort of grid or cell design or a tesselation procedure.
If curves are used, curve tesselation points will be included in the point list used to calculate the tight bounding box.
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