tessellate

verb

tes·sel·late | \ˈte-sə-ˌlāt

\

tessellated; tessellating

Definition of tessellate

transitive verb

: to form into or adorn with mosaic

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Black walls and thick charcoal carpet were brightened by tessellating series of slim white stripes, while the door and closet popped in bright chartreuse. — Debra Kamin, New York Times, "In Tel Aviv, a Futuristic Hotel With a Past," 21 Jan. 2018 Or the bandeirinhas could be tessellated across an entire canvas, their edges woozily tilting off the perpendicular. — Roberta Smith, Will Heinrich, Martha Schwendener And Jason Farago, New York Times, "What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week," 20 Dec. 2017

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