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tes⋅sel⋅lat⋅ed

  [tes-uh-ley-tid]
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–adjective
1. of, pertaining to, or like a mosaic.
2. arranged in or having the appearance of a mosaic; checkered.
Also, tes⋅se⋅lat⋅ed.

Origin:
1685–95; tessellate + -ed 2
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tes⋅sel⋅late

  [v. tes-uh-leyt; adj. tes-uh-lit, -leyt] verb, -lat⋅ed, -lat⋅ing, adjective
–verb (used with object)
1. to form of small squares or blocks, as floors or pavements; form or arrange in a checkered or mosaic pattern.
–adjective
2. tessellated.
Origin:
1785–95; < L tessellātus mosaic, equiv. to tessell(a) small square stone (dim. of tessera tessera ) + -ātus -ate 1
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tes·sel·late   (těs'ə-lāt')   
tr.v.   tes·sel·lat·ed, tes·sel·lat·ing, tes·sel·lates
To form into a mosaic pattern, as by using small squares of stone or glass.

[From Latin tessellātus, of small square stones, from tessella, small cube, diminutive of tessera, a square; see tessera.]
tes'sel·la'tion n.
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Word Origin & History

tessellated 
1695, from L. tessellatus "made of small square stones or tiles," from tessella "small square stone or tile," dim. of tessera "a cube or square of stone or wood," perhaps from Gk. tessera, neut. of tesseres, Ionic variant of tessares "four" (see four), in reference to four corners. Tessellation is attested from 1660.
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Medical Dictionary

tessellated tes·sel·lat·ed (těs'ə-lā'tĭd)
adj.
Composed of or patterned in small squares.

tes'sel·la'tion n.

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