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English Dictionary: tessellated by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tessellated
adj
  1. having a checkered or mottled appearance
  2. decorated with small pieces of colored glass or stone fitted together in a mosaic; "a tessellated pavement"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tessellate \Tes"sel*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tessellated}; p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Tessellating}.] [L. tessellatus tessellated.
      See {Tessellar}.]
      To form into squares or checkers; to lay with checkered work.
  
               The floors are sometimes of wood, tessellated after the
               fashion of France.                                 --Macaulay.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tessellated \Tes"sel*la`ted\, a.
      1. Formed of little squares, as mosaic work; checkered; as, a
            tessellated pavement.
  
      2. (Bot. & Zo[94]l.) Marked like a checkerboard; as, a
            tessellated leaf.
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