tessellation

Pronunciation:		`tesu'leyshun
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WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] the act of adorning with mosaic [n] the careful juxtaposition of shapes in a pattern; "a tessellation of hexagons"

	See Also:	apposition, collocation, decoration, juxtaposition

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Tes`sel*la"tion\, n. The act of tessellating; also, the mosaic work so formed. --J. Forsyth.