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Webster 1913 Edition


Tiling

Til′ing

,
Noun.
1.
A surface covered with tiles, or composed of tiles.
They . . . let him down through the
tiling
.
Luke v. 19.
2.
Tiles, collectively.

Webster 1828 Edition


Tiling

TI'LING

,
ppr.
Covering with tiles.

TI'LING

,
Noun.
A roof covered with tiles. Luke 5.
1.
Tiles in general.

Definition 2024


tiling

tiling

English

Noun

tiling (countable and uncountable, plural tilings)

  1. A covering of tiles.
    All the tiling in the bathroom must be removed because of water damage to the wood under it.
  2. The act of applying tiles.
    We spent all day doing the tiling in the bathroom.
  3. (geometry) A tessellation; the covering of a plane with shapes, without overlaps or gaps.
  4. (computing theory) A technique for optimizing loops by partitioning the iteration space into smaller chunks or blocks that will more easily fit in a cache.

Translations

Verb

tiling

  1. present participle of tile