tessellateadj.n.

/ˈtɛsələt/

Forms: Also tesselate.

Etymology: < late Latin tessellātus: see tessellate v.

A. adj.

= tessellated adj.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > mosaic > [adjective]

musive1511

mosaic1585

mosaicala1586

tesseled1603

tesseraica1711

tessellated1712

tesserated1717

tessellate1826

mosaicked1849

Cosmatesque1883

tesserate1897

1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. IV. xlvi. 289 Tessellate,..painted in checquer-work.

1873 H. W. Longfellow Azrael in Aftermath i. 7 King Solomon..on the pavement tesselate Was walking.

1876 J. Ellis Caesar in Egypt 30 Along the floor, Chromatic, tesselate with marbles rare.

B. n.

in variegated tessellate, an American butterfly, Hesperia montivagus, found in Florida, Mexico, and the Rocky Mountains.

ΚΠ

1909 in Cent. Dict. Suppl.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

tessellatev.

/ˈtɛsəleɪt/

Forms: Also 1700s–1800s tesselate.

Etymology: < participial stem of late or medieval Latin tessellāre (past participle tessellātus : compare also Italian tessellare in Florio), < Latin tessella tessella n. The past participle tessellated occurs earlier than the finite verb: see tessellated adj.

a. transitive. To make into a mosaic; to form a mosaic upon, adorn with mosaics; to construct (esp. a pavement) by combining variously coloured blocks so as to form a pattern.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > mosaic > [verb (transitive)]

mosaic1770

tessellate1791

1791 E. Darwin Bot. Garden: Pt. I i. 95 And dull Galena tessellates the floor.

1826 P. Pounden France & Italy 27 The floor is tesselated with great elegance.

1862 G. Rawlinson Five Great Monarchies I. v. 125 Pieces of marble used for tesselating.

b. transferred and figurative.

ΚΠ

1817 S. T. Coleridge Satyrane's Lett. iii, in Biogr. Lit. (1882) 264 The wood-work..in old houses among us..being painted red and green, it cuts and tesselates the buildings very gaily.

1858 E. FitzGerald Lett. (1889) I. 269 It is most ingeniously tesselated into a sort of Epicurean Eclogue in a Persian Garden.

1869 W. E. H. Lecky Hist. European Morals I. ii. 335 The affectation of some to tesselate their conversation with antiquated and obsolete words.

2. To combine so as to form a mosaic; to fit into its place in a mosaic. In quots. figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > join (together) [verb (transitive)] > fit closely together

dovetail1815

tessellate1839

mosaic1841

1839 [implied in: H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe IV. v. 443 The mind is pleased to recognise the tesselated fragments of Ovid and Tibullus. (at tessellated adj. 2)].

1861 J. Pycroft Ways & Words 17 The sentences [of Sir J. Mackintosh] are rather tessellated than constructed; each word fitting admirably into its own place, but defying all transposition.

1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul II. ix. xxxvii. 189 Many writers have maintained that this meaning is vague and general,..impossible to tesselate into any formal scheme of salvation.

Draft additions 1993

3. Mathematics. Of plane figures of a single shape: to fill (a specified region) completely, without leaving gaps, in a manner analogous to the covering of a surface by tiles. Also, to divide (a region) into such figures; also absol. Occasionally used with reference to equivalent processes in more than two dimensions.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > geometry > geometric space > divide geometric space [verb (intransitive)]

tessellate1966

the world > relative properties > number > geometry > surface > manipulate surfaces [verb (transitive)] > divide

tessellate1966

the world > relative properties > number > geometry > surface > manipulate surfaces [verb (transitive)] > fill

tessellate1966

1966 Amer. Math. Monthly 73 903 Now tesselate the plane by 3, 4, 5 right triangles.

1971 Math. Gaz. 55 366 Every quadrilateral will tessellate because the 4 angles can be grouped round a point.

1981 Math. Rev. 81 2502/1 A prime of a Y-pentomino is defined to be a rectangle that can be tessellated into Y-pentominoes but that is not a union of smaller rectangles with that property.

1985 SIAM Jrnl. Numerical Anal. 22 96 We shall be ultimately concerned with polyhedral regions in Rⁿ that have been tessellated into n-dimensional simplices.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	tessellate
释义	tessellateadj.n. /ˈtɛsələt/ Forms: Also tesselate. Etymology: < late Latin tessellātus: see tessellate v. A. adj. = tessellated adj. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > mosaic > [adjective] musive1511 mosaic1585 mosaicala1586 tesseled1603 tesseraica1711 tessellated1712 tesserated1717 tessellate1826 mosaicked1849 Cosmatesque1883 tesserate1897 1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. IV. xlvi. 289 Tessellate,..painted in checquer-work. 1873 H. W. Longfellow Azrael in Aftermath i. 7 King Solomon..on the pavement tesselate Was walking. 1876 J. Ellis Caesar in Egypt 30 Along the floor, Chromatic, tesselate with marbles rare. B. n. in variegated tessellate, an American butterfly, Hesperia montivagus, found in Florida, Mexico, and the Rocky Mountains. ΚΠ 1909 in Cent. Dict. Suppl. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2020). tessellatev. /ˈtɛsəleɪt/ Forms: Also 1700s–1800s tesselate. Etymology: < participial stem of late or medieval Latin tessellāre (past participle tessellātus : compare also Italian tessellare in Florio), < Latin tessella tessella n. The past participle tessellated occurs earlier than the finite verb: see tessellated adj. 1. a. transitive. To make into a mosaic; to form a mosaic upon, adorn with mosaics; to construct (esp. a pavement) by combining variously coloured blocks so as to form a pattern. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > mosaic > [verb (transitive)] mosaic1770 tessellate1791 1791 E. Darwin Bot. Garden: Pt. I i. 95 And dull Galena tessellates the floor. 1826 P. Pounden France & Italy 27 The floor is tesselated with great elegance. 1862 G. Rawlinson Five Great Monarchies I. v. 125 Pieces of marble used for tesselating. b. transferred and figurative. ΚΠ 1817 S. T. Coleridge Satyrane's Lett. iii, in Biogr. Lit. (1882) 264 The wood-work..in old houses among us..being painted red and green, it cuts and tesselates the buildings very gaily. 1858 E. FitzGerald Lett. (1889) I. 269 It is most ingeniously tesselated into a sort of Epicurean Eclogue in a Persian Garden. 1869 W. E. H. Lecky Hist. European Morals I. ii. 335 The affectation of some to tesselate their conversation with antiquated and obsolete words. 2. To combine so as to form a mosaic; to fit into its place in a mosaic. In quots. figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > join (together) [verb (transitive)] > fit closely together dovetail1815 tessellate1839 mosaic1841 1839 [implied in: H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe IV. v. 443 The mind is pleased to recognise the tesselated fragments of Ovid and Tibullus. (at tessellated adj. 2)]. 1861 J. Pycroft Ways & Words 17 The sentences [of Sir J. Mackintosh] are rather tessellated than constructed; each word fitting admirably into its own place, but defying all transposition. 1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul II. ix. xxxvii. 189 Many writers have maintained that this meaning is vague and general,..impossible to tesselate into any formal scheme of salvation. Draft additions 1993 3. Mathematics. Of plane figures of a single shape: to fill (a specified region) completely, without leaving gaps, in a manner analogous to the covering of a surface by tiles. Also, to divide (a region) into such figures; also absol. Occasionally used with reference to equivalent processes in more than two dimensions. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > geometry > geometric space > divide geometric space [verb (intransitive)] tessellate1966 the world > relative properties > number > geometry > surface > manipulate surfaces [verb (transitive)] > divide tessellate1966 the world > relative properties > number > geometry > surface > manipulate surfaces [verb (transitive)] > fill tessellate1966 1966 Amer. Math. Monthly 73 903 Now tesselate the plane by 3, 4, 5 right triangles. 1971 Math. Gaz. 55 366 Every quadrilateral will tessellate because the 4 angles can be grouped round a point. 1981 Math. Rev. 81 2502/1 A prime of a Y-pentomino is defined to be a rectangle that can be tessellated into Y-pentominoes but that is not a union of smaller rectangles with that property. 1985 SIAM Jrnl. Numerical Anal. 22 96 We shall be ultimately concerned with polyhedral regions in Rⁿ that have been tessellated into n-dimensional simplices. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.n.1826v.1791
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