tes·sel·late

(tĕs′ə-lāt′)

tr.v. tes·sel·lat·ed, tes·sel·lat·ing, tes·sel·lates

To form into a mosaic pattern, as by using small squares of stone or glass.

[From Latin tessellātus, of small square stones, from tessella, small cube, diminutive of tessera, a square; see tessera.]

tes′sel·la′tion n.

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tessellated

(ˈtɛsɪleɪtɪd)

adj

1. (Building) building trades constructed, paved, or inlaid with a mosaic of small tiles

2. (of identical shapes) fitting together exactly

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Adj.	1.	tessellated - having a checkered or mottled appearance patterned - having patterns (especially colorful patterns)
	2.	tessellated - decorated with small pieces of colored glass or stone fitted together in a mosaic; "a tessellated pavement" adorned, decorated - provided with something intended to increase its beauty or distinction

Translations

decorato a mosaico

tessellated

adj → Mosaik-; tessellated floor → Mosaik(fuß)boden m

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We caught a glimpse of the handsome tessellated pavements within and of the devotees performing their ablutions at the fountains, but even that we took that glimpse was a thing not relished by the Moorish bystanders.

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Half a mile farther on Father Brown was puzzled first by little labyrinths of flowerless flower-pots, covered with the low, flat, quiet-coloured plants that look less like a garden than a tessellated pavement, between weak curly paths studded with seats with curly backs.

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Miss Haldin had already noticed that the hall was like a dusty barn of marble and stucco with cobwebs in the corners and faint tracks of mud on the black and white tessellated floor.

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