Definition of Tesselated

1. Adjective. Covered with pieces that are identically shaped. ¹

2. Verb. (past of tesselate) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tesselated

1. tesselate [v] - See also: tesselate

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tesselated

terzettas
terzetti
terzetto
terzettos
tes
teschemacherite
tesetaxel
tesh
teshuva
tesla
teslas
tesofensine
tessara-
tesselar
tesselate
tesselated (current term)
tesselates
tesselating
tesselation
tessella
tessellae
tessellata
tessellate
tessellated
tessellated fundus
tessellates
tessellating
tessellation
tessellations
tessera

Literary usage of Tesselated

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Quarterly Review by George Walter Prothero, John Gibson Lockhart, William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, Baron Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, Sir William Smith (1907)
"The ' tesselated Ministry' would not bo an unfair or opprobrious nickname. The previous relations of different members of the Cabinet would not, indeed, ..."

2. Collected Papers in Physics and Engineering by James Thomson (1912)
"The water, viewed from above, presented a tesselated appearance, ... On the water being disturbed the tesselated structure was destroyed, ..."

3. A Treatise on Optics by David Brewster (1837)
"PHENOMENA OF COMPOSITE OR tesselated CRYSTALS. (145.) IN all regularly formed doubly refracting crystals, the separation of the two images, the size of the ..."

4. A Treatise on Optics by David Brewster (1845)
"If •ve remove other slices in the same manner, we shall find taat when exposed to polarized light they exhibit the curious tesselated structure shown in fig ..."

5. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1911)
"Nymphs of the springs appear also, while the seated matron may represent the city if she have a tesselated crown. ..."

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