'Tessellated' definitions:
Definition of 'tessellated'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Having a checkered or mottled appearance
adjective
Decorated with small pieces of colored glass or stone fitted together in a mosaic; "a tessellated pavement"
Definition of 'Tessellated'
From: GCIDE
- Tessellate \Tes"sel*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tessellated; p. pr. & vb. n. Tessellating.] [L. tessellatus tessellated. See Tessellar.] To form into squares or checkers; to lay with checkered work. [1913 Webster]
- The floors are sometimes of wood, tessellated after the fashion of France. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Tessellated'
From: GCIDE
- Tessellated \Tes"sel*la`ted\, a.
- 1. Formed of little squares, as mosaic work; checkered; as, a tessellated pavement. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Bot. & Zool.) Marked like a checkerboard; as, a tessellated leaf. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'tessellated'
From: GCIDE
- patterned \patterned\ adj. Having describable patterns, especially patterns of colors. [Narrower terms: banded, blotched, blotchy, splotched, brindled, brindle, brinded, tabby, burled, {checked, checkered}, dappled, mottled, {dotted, flecked, specked, speckled, stippled}, figured, floral, flowered, laced, marbled, marbleized, moire, watered, {pinstriped, pinstripe(prenominal)}, slashed, streaked, spotted, sprigged, streaked, streaky, striped, stripy, tessellated, veined, venose] plain, solid [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]