tessellationn.

/tɛsəˈleɪʃən/

Etymology: noun of action < tessellate v.: see -ation suffix.

1. The action or art of tessellating; tessellated condition; concrete a piece of tessellated work.

ΘΚΠ

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

mosaicc1540

mosaical work1604

mosaic work1606

musive1622

pietra commessac1660

pietra dura1730

tessellation1813

Cosmati1927

society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > [noun] > original > not

cento?1529

tessellation1813

centonism1837

1813 J. Forsyth Remarks Excurs. Italy 111 The work is not mosaic, for there is no tessellation.

1862 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire VII. lxvii. 540 Like the several pieces of a variegated tessellation.

a1878 G. G. Scott Lect. Mediæval Archit. (1879) II. 253 Wide~spreading floors, rich with marble tesselation.

figurative.1840 H. Rogers Ess. (1874) II. v. 250 Numberless passages of Jeremy Taylor..are a little better than a curious tesselation of English, Greek, and Latin.1863 J. S. Le Fanu House by Churchyard (ed. 2) III. 307 The writings of the Apostolic Fathers are, in a great measure, a tesselation of holy writ.

2. An arrangement or close fitting together of minute parts or distinct colours: cf. tessellated adj. 3.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > [noun] > close, intimate, or permanent joining > close fitting together of parts

mortising1589

tessellation1660

1660 R. Sharrock Hist. Propagation & Improvem. Veg. 144 Yet they, instead of those elegant Tessellations, are beautified otherwise in their site with as great curiosity.

1822 J. M. Good Study Med. IV. 640 The whole surface of the body..having exhibited a sordid tesselation of crusts.

1905 J. Orr Probl. Old Test. vii. 201 The newer criticism with its multiplication of documents..and its minute tesselation of texts.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	tessellation
释义	tessellationn. /tɛsəˈleɪʃən/ Etymology: noun of action < tessellate v.: see -ation suffix. 1. The action or art of tessellating; tessellated condition; concrete a piece of tessellated work. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > mosaic > [noun] mosaicc1540 mosaical work1604 mosaic work1606 musive1622 pietra commessac1660 pietra dura1730 tessellation1813 Cosmati1927 society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > [noun] > original > not cento?1529 tessellation1813 centonism1837 1813 J. Forsyth Remarks Excurs. Italy 111 The work is not mosaic, for there is no tessellation. 1862 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire VII. lxvii. 540 Like the several pieces of a variegated tessellation. a1878 G. G. Scott Lect. Mediæval Archit. (1879) II. 253 Wide~spreading floors, rich with marble tesselation. figurative.1840 H. Rogers Ess. (1874) II. v. 250 Numberless passages of Jeremy Taylor..are a little better than a curious tesselation of English, Greek, and Latin.1863 J. S. Le Fanu House by Churchyard (ed. 2) III. 307 The writings of the Apostolic Fathers are, in a great measure, a tesselation of holy writ. 2. An arrangement or close fitting together of minute parts or distinct colours: cf. tessellated adj. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > [noun] > close, intimate, or permanent joining > close fitting together of parts mortising1589 tessellation1660 1660 R. Sharrock Hist. Propagation & Improvem. Veg. 144 Yet they, instead of those elegant Tessellations, are beautified otherwise in their site with as great curiosity. 1822 J. M. Good Study Med. IV. 640 The whole surface of the body..having exhibited a sordid tesselation of crusts. 1905 J. Orr Probl. Old Test. vii. 201 The newer criticism with its multiplication of documents..and its minute tesselation of texts. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1660
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