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tile

a rectangular block used as a playing piece in mah jong and other games
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Tile

A ceramic surfacing unit, usually thin in relation to the facial area; made from clay or a mixture of clay and other ceramic materials; has either a glazed or an unglazed face.

acoustic tile

Rectangular sound-absorbing tile, normally used as a ceiling, whether glued to a backing or used in a grid as a suspended ceiling.

ceramic mosaic tile

An unglazed tile, usually mounted on sheets to facilitate setting; may be composed of porcelain or natural clay.

clay tile

A roofing tile of hard, burnt clay. In flooring it is called quarry tile.

crest tile

A tile which fits like a saddle on the ridge of a roof.

encaustic tile

A tile for pavement and wall decoration, in which the pattern is inlaid or incrusted in clay of one color in a ground of clay of another color.

floor tile

A ceramic tile that can be used as a floor finish, such as encaustic tile, quarry tile, and glazed tile.

glazed tile

Ceramic tile having a fused impervious glazed surface finish, composed of ceramic materials fused into the body of the tile; the body may be nonvitreous, semi-vitreous, or impervious.

hollow tile

A structural clay tile unit with vertical hollow cells; used to build interior masonry partitions and as a backup block for brick veneer.

mission tile

A clay roofing tile, approximately semicylindrical in shape; laid in courses with the units having their convex side alternating up and down.

paving tile

Unglazed porcelain or natural clay tile, formed by the dust-pressed method; similar to ceramic mosaic tile in composition and physical properties, but thicker.

quarry tile

A dense, unglazed, ceramic tile, used most often for flooring.

ridge tile

A tile which is curved in section, often decorative, used to cover the ridge of a roof.
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tile

[tīl]
(materials)
A piece of fired clay, stone, concrete, or other material used ornamentally to cover roofs, floors, or walls.
A hollow building unit made of burned clay or other material.
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tile

1. A glazed or unglazed ceramic unit for finishing a surface; usually thin in relation to the dimensions of its face.
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tile

(1) For tile trackers, see Bluetooth tracker.

(2) To display objects in rows and columns. The Tile command in a graphical interface squares up all open windows and displays them in row and column order. See tile-based interface and cascading windows.
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Thus, a tiler S is called a tiling period of an (ordinary) word T if we can split T into disjoint parallel copies of S satisfying the following:
"Michelle is probably employable right now as a tiler's helper," Nastasiuk said.
The tiler, who had previously been very reliable, was due on the Monday but failed to show up, Tuesday came and went and there was still no sign of him.
Things got even worse for Pompey as Crowe was dismissed for a second bookable offence and Tiler also received a second yellow two minutes from time for a clear head-butt on Tod.
The tiler still quoted [pounds sterling]360 for the work, but the homeowners say they are not paying it and estimate it may now cost another [pounds sterling]500 to put right his work and replace items he ruined.
Fifteen-year-old Tiler - the youngest lifter to be crowned a British senior champion - was at the Gateshead Academy of Sport yesterday to meet students.
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