tessellate

Betekenis (Engels)

Adj

tessellated

Verb

1. (transitive) To cover with tiles or stones, as a mosaic; to tile.
2. (intransitive) to cover a two-dimensional shape, such that multiple copies of itself placed edge to edge cover an area leaving no space between the shapes.
3. (transitive) To completely fill (an area) when multiple copies of one or more two-dimensional shapes are placed edge to edge.

Synoniemen

annex

append

ascribe

associate

attach

colligate

conflate

engraft

hook up

inlay

join

joint

knit

link

🔗

link up

miter

piece

piggyback

rebate

relate

splice

string

🪢

string up

subjoin

suffix

supplement

unite

yoke

Vertalingen

غطّ بالفسيفساء

tesselieren

ψηφιδοθέτηση

ψηφίδω

ψηφοθετώ

tesseller

incrustar

incrustar con mosaicos

mozaiklemek

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈtɛsəleɪt/

Etymologie (Engels)

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres
Proto-Hellenic *kʷétwores
Ancient Greek τέσσαρες (téssares)bor.
Latin tessera
Proto-Indo-European *-lós
Proto-Italic *-elos
Latin -lus
Latin tessella
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos
Proto-Italic *-ātos
Latin -ātus
Latin tessellātuslbor.
English tessellate
Learned borrowing from Latin tessellātus, from tessella, diminutive of tessera; from Ancient Greek τέσσαρες (téssares), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres.