Look up: tessera

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   tessera
   A tile; polygonal ground.
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   Tessera
   A tessera was a Greek or Roman small tablet (of wood or Ivory) used as a token or tally.
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   tessera
   [n] - a small square tile of stone or glass used in making mosaics
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   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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   Tessera
   Writing tablet.
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   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 making pavements, for ornamenting walls, and like purposes; also, a similar piece of ivory, bone, wood, etc., used as a ticket of admission to theaters, o ...
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   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, used as a ticket of admission to theaters, or as a ...
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   tessera
   noun a small square tile of stone or glass used in making mosaics
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   Tessera
   1. A `tessera` (plural: `tesserae`, diminutive `tessella`) is an individual tile in a mosaic, usually formed in the shape of a cube. Also known as an `abaciscus`, `abaculus`, or, in Persian Ú©اØ´ÙÅ  Ù...عرق. In antiquity, mosaics were formed from naturally colored pebbles, but by 200 BCE purpose-made tesserae were being used. Marble or limestone was cut into small cubes that were arranged into the design. Later, tesserae were made from colored ...
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    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 theaters, or as a certificate for successful gladiators,...
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    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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    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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    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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    tessera
    tessera: see mosaic.
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