Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tessellation

/tɛsəˈleɪʃən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.99 in modern English

Syllables: tes-sel-la-tion
IPA: /tɛsəˈleɪʃən/

12

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The property or fact of tessellating.

Uncountable

noun

A tiling pattern with no gaps; the result of tessellating an area or plane.

Countable

noun

polygon tessellation.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Squares can be used for tessellation."
"This is a tessellation of the plane with squares and regular octagons."
"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."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres Proto-Hellenic *kʷétwores Ancient Greek τέσσαρες (téssares)bor. Latin tessera Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -la 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 Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ion English tessellation From tessellate + -ion.

Usage

Inflected Forms

tessellations (plural)

Phrases

polygon tessellation regular tessellation semiregular tessellation

Frequently Paired Words

tessellate

Questions

How do you pronounce tessellation?: The recorded pronunciation is /tɛsəˈleɪʃən/.
What does tessellation mean?: The property or fact of tessellating.
Where does tessellation come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres Proto-Hellenic *kʷétwores Ancient Greek τέσσαρες (téssares)bor. Latin tessera Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -la 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 Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ion English tessellation From tessellate + -ion.

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