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Webster 1828 Edition


Tesselated

TES'SELATED

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Checkered; formed in little squares or mosaic work; as a tesselated pavement.
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In botany, spotted or checkered like a chess board; as a tesselated leaf.

Definition 2024


tesselated

tesselated

English

Adjective

tesselated (not comparable)

  1. Covered with pieces that are identically shaped.
    • 2016 March 5, Hugh S. Fullerton, “Eating: A Study in the Preparation, Location, and Mastication of Food, and a Directory of the Principal Good Things to Eat in America”, in The American Magazine, volume LXXIII, page 627:
      Salt rising and dumplings have given way to tessellated floors and Chopin nocturnes.

Verb

tesselated

  1. simple past tense and past participle of tesselate