tiling
noun
the operation of covering with tiles.
tilings
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pluralof tiling.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Familiar tilings such as checkerboards and honeycombs repeat in a regular way.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026
This wiggle room allows nanoparticles with imperfect shapes to create tilings like those of the perfect shapes.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 18, 2024
For decades mathematicians have been hunting for tile shapes like these that can form only nonrepeating arrangements, called aperiodic tilings.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 31, 2023
Named “Spectres,” these monotiles, owing to their curvy contours, only allow nonperiodic tilings, and without reflections.
From New York Times ● Jun. 1, 2023
“You mean all the emotions one might be feeling if tilings were different?”
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
