<p>I believe it would be called a tessellated pattern where a single shape is repeated without overlap.</p>

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2017-06-25T06:50:30.180Z
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John Vukelic
<p>The mathematical term for this kind of pattern would be <em><a href="http://www2.clarku.edu/~djoyce/wallpaper/wall6.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">pmm wallpaper</a></em> pattern.  There are seventeen types of repeating planar patterns, and this is one of the simplest ones.</p>

<p>The characteristics of the pattern are based on it having perpendicular symmetry axes through the centers of each of the tessellation units.  There are also 180 degree rotation symmetries about these centers, with no additional glide reflection symmetries.</p>

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Matt
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Buzz
<p>I have found the following patterns online and am wondering what exactly they are called?</p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/3MGEj.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/3MGEj.jpg" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>

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What is the name of the following kinds of patterns?
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# What is the name of the following kinds of patterns?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-06-24)

I have found the following patterns online and am wondering what exactly they are called?

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/3MGEj.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/3MGEj.jpg)

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/ySHa4.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/ySHa4.jpg)

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2017-06-26. Score: 5 | Accepted answer

The mathematical term for this kind of pattern would be *[pmm wallpaper](http://www2.clarku.edu/~djoyce/wallpaper/wall6.html)* pattern. There are seventeen types of repeating planar patterns, and this is one of the simplest ones.

The characteristics of the pattern are based on it having perpendicular symmetry axes through the centers of each of the tessellation units. There are also 180 degree rotation symmetries about these centers, with no additional glide reflection symmetries.

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> **username_3**: I removed the 0 as I did not understand why it was there. If that is required feel free to roll back the edit.  

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### Answer by username_1 on 2017-06-25. Score: 2

I believe it would be called a tessellated pattern where a single shape is repeated without overlap.


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