Look up: tessera

1. tessera
   A tile; polygonal ground.
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2. tessera
   [n] - a small square tile of stone or glass used in making mosaics
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3. tessera
   A tile used in a mosaic. This was a small (usually cube-shaped) piece of stone or glass that was set into a mortar, cement, or concrete base in order to form a mosaic pattern on a wall or floor. Also used for a writing tablet, as, for example, the tablet on which the password for an army camp was recorded, or the tablet identifying the rights of a …
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4. Tessera
   Writing tablet.
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5. Tessera
   Tes'se·ra noun ; plural Tesseræ . [ Latin , a square piece, a die. See Tessellar .] A small piece of marble, glass, earthenware, or the like, having a square, or nearly square, face, used by the ancients for mosaic, as for ma...
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6. tessera
   Origin: L, a square piece, a die. See Tessellar. ... A small piece of marble, glass, earthenware, or the like, having a square, or nearly square, face, used by the ancients for mosaic, as for making pavements, for ornamenting walls, and like purposes; also, a similar piece of ivory, bone, wood, etc,...
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7. tessera
   noun a small square tile of stone or glass used in making mosaics
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8. Tessera
   • (n.) A small piece of marble, glass, earthenware, or the like, having a square, or nearly square, face, used by the ancients for mosaic, as for making pavements, for ornamenting walls, and like purposes; also, a similar piece of ivory, bone, wood, etc., used as a ticket of admission to theate...
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9. tessera
   (from the article `Aphrodite Terra`) ...Ovda Regio in the central part and Thetis Regio farther east. Ovda spans about 4,000 km (2,500 miles) from north to south; Thetis, about 3,000 km ... Tesserae (Latin: `mosaic tiles`) are the most geologically complex regions seen on Venus. Several large elevated regions, such as Alpha Re...
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10. tessera
    in mosaic work, a small piece of stone, glass, ceramic, or other hard material cut in a cubical or some other regular shape. The earliest tesserae, ... [2 related articles]
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11. tessera
    tessera (s), tesserae (pl) 1. From Latin, a square piece, a die; an abbreviation of the Greek word tessaragonos, meaning four-cornered, square. 2. In ancient history, a small quadrilateral tablet of wood, bone, ivory, or the like, used for various purposes, as a token, tally, ticket, label, etc. 3. A token or password; from a quest and ho...
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12. tessera
    tessera: see mosaic.
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13. Tessera
    A tessera was a Greek or Roman small tablet (of wood or Ivory) used as a token or tally.
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14. tessera
    Bit of colored glass, ceramic tile, or stone used in a mosaic.
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15. Tessera
    A `tessera` (plural: tesserae, diminutive tessella) is an individual tile in a mosaic, usually formed in the shape of a cube. It is also known as an `abaciscus`, `abaculus`, or, in Persian کاشي معرق. In antiquity, mosaics were formed from naturally colored peb...
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16. Tessera
    (commerce) by Roman Emperor Macrinus - The Emperor gives Tesserae to the people Tessera was the ancient Roman equivalent of a theater ticket. Stamped into a clay shard was an entrance aisle and row number for spectators attending an event at an amphitheater or arena. Above the doors of the Co...
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17. Tessera
    (Venusian geography) `Tessera` is a "complex ridged" surface feature seen on Venusian plateau highlands (and maybe on Neptune`s moon Triton). Tessera is thought to be caused by crustal folding, buckling, and breaking. The presence of tessera on Venus suggests that the Venusian surfa...
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