tessera

English

noun
Definitions
  • A small square piece of stone, wood, ivory or glass used for making a mosaic.
  • (planetology) complex-ridged surface feature seen on plateau highlands of Venus and perhaps on Triton

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tessera (a cube, a die with numbers on all six sides).

Origin

Latin

tessera

Gloss

a cube, a die with numbers on all six sides

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