How to pronounce tessellate

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What tessellate means

verb

To cover a surface with shapes that leave no gaps

In a sentence: Our class used paper triangles to tessellate the whole bulletin board.

Where it comes from: It comes from a Latin word for a small square tile used in mosaics. That word goes back to the Greek word for "four."

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