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What are the tessellation units?
Tessellation is using multiple copies of a shape, usually a polygon, to cover a plane without gaps or overlaps. Each copy of this single shape is a tessellating unit.
Show you a Picture of a tessellation?
A tessellation is created when a shape is repeated over and over again covering a plane without any gaps or overlaps.
Is a pentagon a tessellation?
No a pentagon is a single polygonal shape, A tessellation is a scheme for covering a plane, without gaps of overlaps, using multiple copies of the same basic shape. These are usually polygons.
What name is given to a shape that can be repeated in a pattern without gaps or over lapses?
Tessellation
What name is given to a shape than can be repeated in a pattern without gaps or overlaps?
That is 'tessellation'
What vocabulary is used in the making of and describing a tessellation?
Tessellation comprising using multiple copies of a plane (2-dimensional) shape to fill a plane without gap or overlap.
What shape is not a tessellation?
A circle!
What is a tessellation in math?
A tessellation is when a shape is repeated over and over creating an image without any spacing.... like triangles put together next to one another in an endless plane.The tessellation is a repeating pattern of figures that covers a plane without any gaps or overlaps.Honeycomb is a tessellation of hexagonal cells. You can see tessellation on some pavements.Source: http://www.icoachmath.com/SiteMap/Tessellation.html
What is a basic design element in a tessellation?
The work "tessellation" is derived from a tessella, a small cuboid clay tile which was used to make mosaics. In the context of tessellation, as the term is used in modern geometry, the basic element is a plane shape such that multiple copies of the shape will cover a plane without gaps or overlaps.
Which shape was merged to create this tessellation?
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What qualifications are needed to be a tessellation?
A tessellation is a method for using copies of a single shape to cover a plane surface without gaps or overlaps. Semi-regular tessellations use two (or more) shapes.
Why do tessellations have to be used with only polygons?
All shapes have to be polygons, because there is no shape that has 1 or 2 sides. A tessellation has to be a shape, so that it can be repeated. Its not going to be much of a tessellation if its a line.. lol.. that isn't a tessellation
