tessera

English - Turkish

Definition of tessera in English Turkish dictionary: mozaik; eski Romalıların kullandıkları oyun zar; mozaikçilikte kullanılan dört köşe küçük mermer veya cam; (isim) mozaik işi; {i} mozaik işi

Turkish - Turkish

Definition of tessera in Turkish Turkish dictionary: Eski Roma'da yer mozayiklerini oluşturan küçük küp biçimli döşeme malzemesi

English - English

Definition of tessera in English English dictionary: A small square piece of stone, wood,ivory or glass used for making a mosaic; (Plural Tesserae) A small segment of glass ceramic marble, earthenware, etc which is joined by others to produce a mosaic GANTAD; A small cubed block used to make a mosaic Generally made of stone or pottery; 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; a small square tile of stone or glass used in making mosaics; Bit of coloured glass, ceramic tile, or stone used in a mosaic; {i} mosaic tile; small tablet of wood or bone that was used as a token or ticket in ancient Greece and Rome; A tile; polygonal ground; used as a ticket of admission to theaters, or as a certificate for successful gladiators, and as a token for various other purposes; These are the small tiles that the Romans used to create mosaic floors (the plural is tesserae)
tesserae: Small cubes of coloured marble, stone or glass from which a mosaic is made
tesserae: The small pieces of colored stone used for the creation of a mosaic
tesserae: the small pieces of stone, glass, or other object that is pieced together with many others to create a mosaic

tessera

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tes·ser·a

[ 'te-s&-r& ] (noun.) circa 1656. Latin tessera (a cube, a die with numbers on all six sides) < Greek τέσσερα (four).

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