MEANING
A repeated arrangement of shapes that covers a surface without gaps or overlaps.
Use it for
Repeated surface patterns, geometric architecture, and a sense of order or distortion.Use for a surface tiled by repeated shapes with no gaps or overlaps.
On the page
A tessellation of hexagonal plates covered the station’s outer shell.
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