tessellation

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
tessellation
    n 1: the careful juxtaposition of shapes in a pattern; "a
         tessellation of hexagons"
    2: the act of adorning with mosaic
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Tessellation \Tes`sel*la"tion\, n.
   The act of tessellating; also, the mosaic work so formed.
   --J. Forsyth.
   [1913 Webster]
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