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1 tessellated -- rank: 1000

tessellated definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: having a ... colored glass or stone fitted together in a mosaic; "a tessellated pavement" Merriam Webster's adjective Date: 1695 having a checkered ... tessellatus or It. tessellato (as TESSELLATE) Webster's 1913 Dictionary Tessellated Tes"sel*la`ted, a. 1. Formed of little squares, as mosaic work; checkered; as, a tessellated pavement. 2. (Bot. & Zo["o]l.) Marked like a checkerboard; as, a tessellated leaf. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Tessellate Tes"sel*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tessellated; p. pr. & vb. n. Tessellating.] [L. tessellatus tessellated. See ...

2 tessellate -- rank: 498

... s 1913 Dictionary Tessellate Tes"sel*late, a. [L. tesselatus.] Tessellated. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Tessellate Tes"sel*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tessellated; p. pr. & vb. n. Tessellating.] [L. tessellatus tessellated. See Tessellar.] To form into squares or checkers; to lay with checkered work. The floors are sometimes of wood, tessellated after the fashion of France. --Macaulay. Moby Thesaurus band, bar ...

3 Tessellating -- rank: 429

... Dictionary Tessellate Tes"sel*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tessellated; p. pr. & vb. n. Tessellating.] [L. tessellatus tessellated. See Tessellar.] To form into squares or checkers; to lay with checkered work. The floors are sometimes of wood, tessellated after the fashion of France. --Macaulay.

4 Mosaic -- rank: 429

... called mosaic; formed by uniting pieces of different colors; variegated; tessellated; also, composed of various materials or ingredients. A very beautiful ... s Dictionary of English Synonyms a. ; (also mosaical) 1. Inlaid, tessellated. 2. Of Moses. Moby Thesaurus abstract, abstraction, altarpiece, block print ... stained glass window, stencil, still life, tableau, tapestry, tartan, tessellate, tessellated, tessellation, tesserae, topato, triptych, variegated pattern, wall painting Moby Thesaurus ...

5 Macle -- rank: 429

... Cf. Mackle, Mascle.] (Min.) (a) Chiastolite; -- so called from the tessellated appearance of a cross section. See Chiastolite. (b) A crystal having a similar tessellated appearance. (c) A twin crystal. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Chiastolite ... chi].] (Min.) A variety of andalusite; -- called also macle. The tessellated appearance of a cross section is due to the symmetrical ...

6 tessellation -- rank: 339

... types 2. an act of tessellating ; the state of being tessellated Oxford Reference Dictionary n. 1 the act or an instance of tessellating; the state of being tessellated. 2 an arrangement of polygons without gaps or overlapping, esp ...

7 Tesseraic -- rank: 214

... se*ra"ic, a. Diversified by squares; done in mosaic; tessellated. [Obs.] --Sir R. Atkyns (1712).

8 Tessellata -- rank: 214

... numerous fossil species in which the body is covered with tessellated plates.

9 plaid -- rank: 214

... crazy-work, harlequin, marquetry, mosaic, parquet, parquetry, patchwork, tartan, tessellate, tessellated, tessellation, tesserae, variegated pattern

10 Pat -- rank: 214

... as of butter, shaped by pats. It looked like a tessellated work of pats of butter. --Dickens. Webster's 1913 Dictionary ...

11 mosaic work -- rank: 214

... called mosaic; formed by uniting pieces of different colors; variegated; tessellated; also, composed of various materials or ingredients. A very beautiful ...

12 mosaic gold -- rank: 214

... called mosaic; formed by uniting pieces of different colors; variegated; tessellated; also, composed of various materials or ingredients. A very beautiful ...

13 Florentine mosaic -- rank: 214

... called mosaic; formed by uniting pieces of different colors; variegated; tessellated; also, composed of various materials or ingredients. A very beautiful ...

14 Glyptodon -- rank: 214

... It was as large as an ox, was covered with tessellated scales, and had fluted teeth. --Owen.

15 SnS2 -- rank: 214

... called mosaic; formed by uniting pieces of different colors; variegated; tessellated; also, composed of various materials or ingredients. A very beautiful ...