tessera.
A small square piece of stone, wood, ivory or glass used for making a mosaic.
Meaning & usage
A small square piece of stone, wood, ivory or glass used for making a mosaic.
A complex-ridged surface feature seen on plateau highlands of Venus and perhaps on Triton.
An ancient Roman die.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Latin tessera (“a cube, a die with numbers on all six sides”), from Ancient Greek τέσσαρες (téssares, “four”).
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