Monday, August 8, 2016

Tessellation



TESSELLATION


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This is a ploygons. There are no gaps in the this because they are all shared connced together for exmple :


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A pattern made of identical shapes:
• the shapes must fit together without any gaps
• the shapes should not overlap

Example: This tessellation is made with squares and octagons.



  • Definition. A tessellation is created when a shape is repeated over and over again covering a plane without any gaps or overlaps. Another word for atessellation is a tiling.
  • Another word for a tessellation is a tiling.


Regular polygon
Irregular polygon
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Regular polygon are a equal sides.
Irregular polygon are un even sides.


Vocabulary:
Vertices: Corner
Shapes: Ploygon
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