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tiling

The correct spelling is tiling.

How to pronounce tiling

verb

IPA: /ˈtaɪlɪŋ/

Say it like: Til-ing

The correct spelling is tiling. To cover with tiles. For example: "The handyman tiled the kitchen."

Usage Examples

The handyman tiled the kitchen.

tile the door

All the tiling in the bathroom must be removed because of water damage to the wood under it.

Meanings

verb

  1. 1.To cover with tiles.
  2. 2.To arrange in a regular pattern, with adjoining edges (applied to tile-like objects, graphics, windows in a computer interface).
  3. 3.To optimize (a loop in program code) by means of the tiling technique.
  4. 4.To protect from the intrusion of the uninitiated.

noun

  1. 1.A covering of tiles.
  2. 2.The act of applying tiles.
  3. 3.A tessellation; the covering of a plane with shapes, without overlaps or gaps.
  4. 4.A technique for optimizing loops by partitioning the iteration space into smaller chunks or blocks that will more easily fit in a cache.

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