tessellate

/ˈtɛsəleɪt/
verb
  1. To cover a surface with a pattern of shapes that fit together without gaps or overlaps, like tiles.
    • Bees tessellate their honeycombs with perfect hexagons.
    • The computer program can tessellate any polygon across a grid.
    • We learned how to tessellate the plane using only squares and triangles.
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