tiles
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Definitions
noun
- A regularly-shaped slab of clay or other material, affixed to cover or decorate a surface, as in a roof-tile, glazed tile, stove tile, carpet tile etc.
- A rectangular graphic.“Each tile within Google Maps consists of 256 × 256 pixels.”
- Any of various flat cuboid playing pieces used in certain games, such as dominoes, Scrabble, or mahjong.
- A stiff hat.
verb
- To cover with tiles.“The handyman tiled the kitchen.”
- To arrange in a regular pattern, with adjoining edges (applied to tile-like objects, graphics, windows in a computer interface).
- To optimize (a loop in program code) by means of the tiling technique.
verb
- To protect from the intrusion of the uninitiated.“tile the door”
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