Tessera Definition

tĕsər-ə
tesserae
noun
In ancient Rome, a small tablet of wood, ivory, etc. used as a token, ticket, label, etc.
Webster's New World
Any of the small pieces used in mosaic work.
Webster's New World

(planetology) Complex-ridged surface feature seen on plateau highlands of Venus and perhaps on Triton.

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Other Word Forms of Tessera

Noun

Singular:
tessera
Plural:
tesserae

Origin of Tessera

  • Latin from Greek neuter of tesseres variant of tessares four kwetwer- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin tessera (“a cube, a die with numbers on all six sides"), from Ancient Greek τέσσαρες (téssares, “four").

    From Wiktionary

Tessera Sentence Examples

  • A piece of a Roman mosaic was called a tessera.

  • Taking as a starting-point the wide archenteric cavity which the medusa inherits primitively from the antecedent actinula-stage (see article Medusa), we find, in such a form as Tessera, four interradial areas of concrescence between the exumbral and subumbral layers of endoderm, four so-called septal nodes or " cathammata," subdividing the stomach into four wide, radially situated pouches which communicate with each other beyond the septal nodes by wide apertures constituting what is termed by courtesy a ring-canal.

  • The use of writing for the purpose of the token between " guest-friends " (tessera hospitalis) is certainly very ancient.

  • Tessera is a line of mosaic tiles that are cast in more than 40 iridescent and non-iridescent colors, as well as blends and patterns that can be customized.

  • The Marco Polo Airport is at Tessera (linked by bus).

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Words Starting With

TTETES

Words Ending With

ARAERA

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