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Truchet tile

Truchet tile noun: any of a set of square tiles decorated with patterns that are not rotationally symmetric, used in information visualization and graphic design.

Noun

Truchet tile (plural Truchet tiles)

  1. Any of a set of square tiles decorated with patterns that are not rotationally symmetric, used in information visualization and graphic design.

Forms of Truchet tile

pluralTruchet tiles

Origin of Truchet tile

First described in a 1704 memoir by Sébastien Truchet.

Questions about Truchet tile

What does Truchet tile mean?
Truchet tile means any of a set of square tiles decorated with patterns that are not rotationally symmetric, used in information visualization and graphic design.
What part of speech is Truchet tile?
Truchet tile is a noun.
What is the plural of Truchet tile?
The plural of Truchet tile is Truchet tiles.

Words near Truchet tile in the dictionary

  1. Truchard
  2. Truchas
  3. Truchet
  4. Truchet point
  5. Truchet points
  6. Truchet tile
  7. Truchet tiles
  8. truchman
  9. truchmen
  10. trucial
  11. Trucial Coast

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