| 单词 | tessellation |
| 释义 | tessellation (once / 537242 pages) n Tessellation is a mosaic pattern, a design made of shapes fitted together. You could compliment your friend's newly tiled kitchen floor by saying, "What gorgeous tessellation!" If you imagine a patchwork of tiles, or the patterns in a quilt, you're picturing one kind of tessellation. Another type is mathematical tessellation, which is closely related to the first kind — it's the geometric repetition of one shape over and over again. The Latin root word tessellatus describes something made of small stones or tiles. WORD FAMILYtessellation: tessellations+/tessellate: tessellated, tessellates, tessellation USAGE EXAMPLESBy 1977, she’d discovered not just one but four new tessellations — a result noteworthy enough to be published the following year in a mathematics journal. New York Times(Oct 12, 2015) "On the walls of these two towers, you can find about 70 different architectures: tessellations and curlicue patterns." BBC(Mar 16, 2016) A silly challenge, but a tessellation of weaknesses had brought him there. The Guardian(Mar 05, 2016) 1n the careful juxtaposition of shapes in a pattern a tessellation of hexagons Hyper apposition, collocation, juxtaposition the act of positioning close together (or side by side) 2n the act of adorning with mosaic Hyper decoration the act of decorating something (in the hope of making it more attractive) |
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