tesselation
- a variation of tessellation.
Example Sentences
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Here is the tesselation of mean and tragic happenings in the vast mosaic we call Life.
From Ivory Apes and Peacocks by Huneker, James
Worm- castings were observed on the floors of several of the rooms, in one of which the tesselation was unusually perfect.
From The formation of vegetable mould through the action of worms, with observations on their habits by Darwin, Charles
If my lordly father had danced the "Minuette de la Cour" over the marble tesselation of his own hall, I should now not have been surprised.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 332, June, 1843 by Various
This antique principle of tesselation applied by the Byzantines to perpendicular walls, and occasionally adopted and varied ad infinitum by the Saracens, is magnificently illustrated in the upper exterior of the ducal palace of Venice.
From Servia, Youngest Member of the European Family or, A Residence in Belgrade and Travels in the Highlands and Woodlands of the Interior, during the years 1843 and 1844. by Paton, Andrew Archibald
Directly the reservoirs, the pavilions, and the tesselation about them were deserted.
From The Prince of India — Volume 02 by Wallace, Lewis
