tessellation

Example Sentences

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This behavior showcases negative thermal expansion and reveals a unique origami tessellation pattern, previously unseen at the molecular level.

From Science Daily • Dec. 19, 2023

It was a microcosm for the tessellation Queeman saw in late '90s Harlem even if it wasn't painted with such nuance in national media at the time.

From Salon • May 1, 2023

This discovery raised another question that has dogged mathematicians ever since: What is the minimum number of tile shapes that together can create an aperiodic tessellation?

From Scientific American • Apr. 10, 2023

The game’s graphics may seem dull at first, but can be picturesque, particularly with eye candy like depth of field, tessellation and sun shafts.

From The Verge • Feb. 17, 2021

The litter of corn-stalks and straw in a barn-yard was transformed from disordered muck to a tessellation of warm silver and old gold.

From The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life by Lewis, Sinclair