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Tessellation — A tessellation of pavement A honeycomb is an example of a t … Wikipedia
Regular polytope — In mathematics, a regular polytope is a polytope whose symmetry is transitive on its flags, thus giving it the highest degree of symmetry. All its elements or j faces (for all 0≤ j ≤ n , where n is the dimension of the polytope) cells, faces and… … Wikipedia
Regular Division of the Plane — is a series of drawings by the Dutch artist M. C. Escher which began in 1936. These images are based on the principle of tessellation, irregular shapes or combinations of shapes that interlock completely to cover a surface or plane.The… … Wikipedia
Regular Polytopes (book) — Regular Polytopes is a mathematical geometry book written by Canadian mathematician H.S.M. Coxeter. Originally written in 1947, the book was updated and republished in 1963 and 1973.The book is a comprehensive survey of the geometry of regular… … Wikipedia
Regular grid — Example of a Cartesian grid. Example of a regular grid … Wikipedia
tessellation — noun a) The property or fact of tessellating. Squares can be used for tessellation. b) A tiling pattern with no gaps; the result of tessellating an area or plane. This is a tessellation of the plane with squares and regular octagons. See Also:… … Wiktionary
Uniform tessellation — In mathematics, a uniform tessellation is a tessellation of a d dimensional space, or a (hyper)surface, such that all its vertices are identical, i.e., there is the same combination and arrangement of faces at each vertex.They can be named by a… … Wikipedia
List of regular polytopes — This page lists the regular polytopes in Euclidean, spherical and hyperbolic spaces.The Schläfli symbol notation describes every regular polytope, and is used widely below as a compact reference name for each.The regular polytopes are grouped by… … Wikipedia
semiregular tessellation — noun A tessellation of the plane by two or more different convex regular polygons. Syn: Archimedean tessellation See Also: regular tessellation … Wiktionary
Teselado regular — Un teselado regular, teselación regular o teselado con polígonos regulares es una teselación o teselado del plano que emplea un solo tipo de polígonos regulares,[1] que ha sido ampliamente utilizada desde la antigüedad. Solo son posibles… … Wikipedia Español
