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 * Tesselation**

Welcome to the Richard and Selver's Tesselation page. This is a working page where we are developing a power point presentation for our peers in a primary teaching graduate diploma.

A complete covering of a plane by one or more figures in a repeating pattern, with no overlapping of, or gaps between, the figures. Mosaic and pavement shapes tesselate. Certain shapes will cover a surface completely: squares, equilateral triangles, hexagons etc. These are said to 'tessellate'.
 * Definition **

A repeated pattern in the plane or on a surface where shapes completely fill all of the space around a given point where their boundaries meet. For example, a honeycomb is a tessellation using hexagons Tiling patterns are tessellations using rectangular tiles or brick pavers in paths, mosaics in buildings, quilts and art. (VELS)