tesselated

Covered in mosaics

Tesselated describes a surface covered with a pattern of repeated shapes that fit together without gaps or overlaps, like tiles on a floor.

The pattern typically uses geometric shapes—squares, triangles, hexagons—arranged in a mosaic: tesselated pavement, a tesselated design of interlocking diamonds.

Also spelled tessellated, with two l's being more standard.

geometric

polygon

Multisided plane figure

hexagonSix-sided closed figure
triangleThree-sided plane figure
quadrilateralFour-sided closed figure

rhombus · parallelogram · trapezoid · pentagon · octagon · vertex · vertices · edges · angles · congruent

artistic

mosaic

Inlaid pictorial arrangement

tilesFlat covering pieces
patternRecurring arrangement or template
motifRecurring thematic element

arabesque · inlay · byzantine · roman · moorish · terrazzo · parquet · marquetry · quilt · patchwork

interlocking

fitted

Shaped to conform

seamlessWithout visible joins
continuousWithout pause or gap
repeatingOccurring more than once

nested · adjoining · edge-to-edge · gapless · puzzle · jigsaw · mesh · dovetail · interconnected · cohesive

natural

honeycomb

Wax matrix of hexagons

scalesPlates or weighing devices
shellHard outer covering
tortoiseshellMottled brown-yellow shell material

snakeskin · pineapple · coral · cellular · crystalline · fractal

Opposites

pattern regularity

tesselatedrandom

Occurring without pattern

scattered · disordered · chaotic · haphazard · irregular

continuity of coverage

tesselatedgapped

Having spaces between

fragmented · discontinuous · broken · sparse · incomplete

Family

tessellation, tessellate, tessellated, tessellations, tessellating

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