tessellation
noun
tes·sel·la·tion ˌte-sə-ˈlā-shən 
1
a
: mosaic
b
: a covering of an infinite geometric plane without gaps or overlaps by congruent plane figures of one type or a few types
2
: an act of tessellating : the state of being tessellated
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Both exercise graphics and compute shaders, but one focuses on hardware tessellation and the other on the OpenGL application programming interface (API). 
Brian Westover, PCMAG, 8 July 2022 Keller’s conjecture, a tessellation problem about the way certain shapes tile in certain spaces, has been solved for all but seven-dimensional space. Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 31 Aug. 2020 In the cases Wiles studied, the tiling might be something along the lines of M.C. Escher’s famous tessellations of a disk with fish or angels and devils that get smaller near the boundary. Quanta Magazine, 6 Apr. 2020 As one journey — the classification of all convex polygon tessellations — ends, another is just beginning. Quanta Magazine, 11 July 2017 An example is the tessellation of a strange, multipronged shape called the Taylor-Socolar tile, discovered by the Australian amateur mathematician Joan Taylor in the 1990s, and analyzed in detail with Joshua Socolar of Duke University in 2010. Quanta Magazine, 14 May 2018 The squinting eyes, the jut of the chin, the precise tessellation of the lower lip and upper lip stay the same. Wired, 24 Sep. 2019 Park’s entry was inspired by origami tessellations. Emily Matchar, Smithsonian, 10 Sep. 2019 Good Sets In his proof, Rao first showed that there are only a finite number of scenarios for how the corners of convex pentagons can fit together that need to be checked for tessellations. Quanta Magazine, 11 July 2017 See More
Brian Westover, PCMAG, 8 July 2022 Keller’s conjecture, a tessellation problem about the way certain shapes tile in certain spaces, has been solved for all but seven-dimensional space. Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 31 Aug. 2020 In the cases Wiles studied, the tiling might be something along the lines of M.C. Escher’s famous tessellations of a disk with fish or angels and devils that get smaller near the boundary. Quanta Magazine, 6 Apr. 2020 As one journey — the classification of all convex polygon tessellations — ends, another is just beginning. Quanta Magazine, 11 July 2017 An example is the tessellation of a strange, multipronged shape called the Taylor-Socolar tile, discovered by the Australian amateur mathematician Joan Taylor in the 1990s, and analyzed in detail with Joshua Socolar of Duke University in 2010. Quanta Magazine, 14 May 2018 The squinting eyes, the jut of the chin, the precise tessellation of the lower lip and upper lip stay the same. Wired, 24 Sep. 2019 Park’s entry was inspired by origami tessellations. Emily Matchar, Smithsonian, 10 Sep. 2019 Good Sets In his proof, Rao first showed that there are only a finite number of scenarios for how the corners of convex pentagons can fit together that need to be checked for tessellations. Quanta Magazine, 11 July 2017 See More Word History
First Known Use
1660, in the meaning defined at sense 1a