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tessellation in French

tessellation in French is dallage, pavage — tessellation means the quality of a set of shapes fitting together to cover a flat area, leaving no gaps.

tessellation in French

dallage
noun
pavage
noun

What does "tessellation" mean?

  1. noun The quality of a set of shapes fitting together to cover a flat area, leaving no gaps.
    "Squares can be used for tessellation."
  2. noun A pattern of shapes that fit together perfectly, leaving no spaces between them.
    "Decorative arches intersect the graceful latticework of the expansive ridge and furrow trainshed rooves, woven together by a staggering tessellation of 48,000 glass panels."
  3. noun polygon tessellation.
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tessellation in a sentence

  • Squares can be used for tessellation.
  • Decorative arches intersect the graceful latticework of the expansive ridge and furrow trainshed rooves, woven together by a staggering tessellation of 48,000 glass panels.
  • This is a tessellation of the plane with squares and regular octagons.

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What is "tessellation" in French?
"tessellation" in French is dallage, pavage. tessellation means: The quality of a set of shapes fitting together to cover a flat area, leaving no gaps.
Are there other ways to say "tessellation" in French?
Yes — French has 2 translations listed for "tessellation": dallage, pavage.
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