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tiling

tiling

1 3.4
An arrangement of tiles that covers a surface without gaps
  • noun
  • /ˈtaɪlɪŋ/
translation icon : mosaico
  • After completing the tiling in the hallway, the floors looked seamless and inviting.
  • Penrose tiling

Well, I'm interested in all kinds of tiling, but I'm not.

Examples

  • The elegant tiling in the kitchen features a repeating pattern of blue and white tiles.

  • Its polished marble-styled tiling reflected his outline, tall and exaggerated.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • We're going to do large charcoal slate tiling in here.

  • And I'm sure you noticed that the bathroom still has the original tiling from the '20s.

    The Story of Us (1999)

  • It was surrounded by dark tiling, and the doors themselves were carved with flowers.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • The bathroom renovation included a beautiful mosaic tiling that added color and texture to the space.

Synonyms

tessellation
vstiling
1 8.1

A pattern of shapes that fit together without gaps, like tiles or honeycombs

is limited to small flat units used to cover floors or walls
tilework
vstiling
5.1

The craft of making decorative surfaces using tiles

focuses on arranging small units to cover surfaces completely rather than the making process

How Regular

tiling
1 3.4
tessellation
1 8.1
pattern
192 2.8
patternless
1 5.4

Surface Forms

tiling singular
tilings plural

Morphology

tiling = tile (transparent) = tile + ing

Derived from the verb 'tile' with '-ing'; here the noun denotes the result/arrangement (a covering of tiles), which is a common and inferable extension.

Etymology

Tiling keeps the old idea from Latin tegere meaning 'to cover', and it was first about covering surfaces with tiles. That's why a tiling can mean a pattern of tiles that fills and 'covers' a surface or, in math, a way to cover a plane without gaps.