Definition of "tessellated" [tes•sel•la•ted]

• Covered with pieces that are similarly shaped. (adjective)
• Simple past tense and past participle of tessellate. (verb)

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• "Such as are viviparous are hair-coated, and such as are oviparous are covered with a kind of tessellated hard substance; and the tessellated bits of this substance are, as it were, similar in regard to position to a scale."
• "What emerges is a tessellated portrait, a composite of many pixelated hits, where if we had a chance, we'd naturally smooth those pieces into a story."
• "I saw tremendous tessellated pools of anger, inexplicable rage, one that said - vengeance is my outlet."