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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. the careful juxtaposition of shapes in a pattern;
- Example: "a tessellation of hexagons"

2. the act of adorning with mosaic; 



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Tessellation \Tes`sel*la"tion\, n.
   The act of tessellating; also, the mosaic work so formed.
   --J. Forsyth.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

tessellation
    n 1: the careful juxtaposition of shapes in a pattern; "a
         tessellation of hexagons"
    2: the act of adorning with mosaic