tessellation

English Thesaurus

1. the act of adorning with mosaic (noun.act)

hypernym	:	decoration,
definition	:	the act of decorating something (in the hope of making it more attractive) (noun.act)

2. the careful juxtaposition of shapes in a pattern (noun.act)

hypernym	:	apposition, collocation, juxtaposition,
definition	:	the act of positioning close together (or side by side) (noun.act)

3. the act of adorning with mosaic (noun.act)

derivation	:	tessellate,
definition	:	tile with tesserae (verb.contact)

derivation	:	tessellate,
definition	:	tile with tesserae (verb.contact)