space-filling
Taking up room
Space-filling describes something that occupies or expands to fill available volume.
In chemistry, a space-filling model shows atoms as spheres at their actual relative sizes, emphasizing how molecules pack together.
More generally, space-filling can describe anything added primarily to take up room rather than serve a purpose: The paragraph felt like space-filling rather than substance.
Gapless plane coverage
- tilingSurface-covering arrangement
- packingPutting items in containers
- fractalShape repeating at every scale
- curveSmooth, angleless line
pattern · algorithm · recursive · iterative · covering · partitioning · subdivision · polygon
Covering a large area
- capaciousHaving ample room
- ampleFully sufficient, even excessive
- roomyHaving generous interior space
- bulkyLarge and awkward to handle
voluminous · occupying · dense · solid · substantial · maximizing · utilizing · consuming
tessellation
Gapless plane coverage
- tilingSurface-covering arrangement
- packingPutting items in containers
- fractalShape repeating at every scale
curve · pattern · algorithm · recursive · iterative · covering · partitioning · subdivision · polygon · polyhedron
expansive
Covering a large area
bulky · voluminous · occupying · dense · solid · substantial · maximizing · utilizing · consuming · displacing
- molecular diagramsskeletal structure, molecular model, Fischer projection, Haworth projection, wireframe
- tessellationstessellation, tiles, hexagons, squares, triangles
space-fillingskeletal
Of or like bones
open · gapped · perforated · reticulated · fenestrated
space, fill, filling, spaces, spaced, spacing, spacer, spacious, spatial