Definitions for: Tessellation

[n] the act of adorning with mosaic
[n] the careful juxtaposition of shapes in a pattern; "a tessellation of hexagons"

Webster (1913) Definition: Tes`sel*la"tion, n.
The act of tessellating; also, the mosaic work so formed.
--J. Forsyth.

See Also: apposition, collocation, decoration, juxtaposition