Tessellation: Learn what a tessellation is and how

Learn what a tessellation is and how to name and create different types of tessellations. Explore examples, activities and a tessellation artist tool. In the example above of a regular tessellation of hexagons, next to the vertex are three polygons and each has six sides, so this tessellation is called " 6.6.6 ". Semi-Regular Tessellations A semi-regular tessellation is made of two or more regular polygons e.g the hexagon and diamond shape above. The pattern at each vertex should be the same. A tessellation or tiling is the covering of a surface , often a plane, using one or more geometric shapes, called tiles, with no overlaps and no gaps. In mathematics, tessellation can be generalized to higher dimensions and a variety of geometries. A periodic tiling has a repeating pattern. A regular tessellation means that the pattern is made up of congruent regular polygons, same size and shape, including some type of movement; that is, some type of transformation or symmetry.