noun
- plural of tiling; coverings made of tiles or the process of installing tiles
- arrangements of shapes that cover a surface without gaps or overlaps
Usage: mathematics
Examples
- The bathroom tilings were completed last week.
- Several tilings in the kitchen need to be replaced.
- The contractor specializes in ceramic tilings for commercial buildings.
- Mathematical tilings create beautiful geometric patterns.
- Regular tilings use identical shapes repeated across a plane.
- The artist studied various tilings for her mosaic design.
- Hexagonal tilings are common in nature, like honeycomb structures.