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tessera

noun

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tessera (“a cube, a die with numbers on all six sides”), from Ancient Greek τέσσαρες (téssares, “four”).

  1. borrowed from tessera

Definitions

  1. A small square piece of stone, wood, ivory or glass used for making a mosaic.

    • The map was laid using tesserae, small cube-shaped tiles of limestone, marble, or colored stone.

  2. complex-ridged surface feature seen on plateau highlands of Venus and perhaps on Triton

  3. An ancient Roman die.

    • During the reign of Augustus, Rome imported marble from Egypt and Africa, and games of tali and tessera were played.

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