tiling
/ˈtaɪlɪŋ/ noun C2- A covering of tiles. · All the tiling in the bathroom must be removed because of water damage to the wood under it.
- The act of applying tiles. · We spent all day doing the tiling in the bathroom.
- A tessellation; the covering of a plane with shapes, without overlaps or gaps.
- A technique for optimizing loops by partitioning the iteration space into smaller chunks or blocks that will more easily fit in a cache.
Plural tilings
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AN ASS climbed up to the roof of a building, and frisking about there, broke in the tiling.
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