Tessera
[tesirә]
解释:
(n.) 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., used as a ticket of admission to theaters, or as a certificate for successful gladiators, and as a token for various other purposes.
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解释:
n. one of the small square tiles or cut stones used in forming tessellated pavements:—pl. Tess′er?/span>—also Tessel′la:—pl. Tessel′l?/span>.—adjs. Tess′ellar composed of or like tessell? Tess′ellar Tesserā′ic Tess′eral made up of tesser?—v.t. Tess′ellate to form into squares or lay with chequered work.—adj. Tess′ellated.—n. Tessellā′tion tessellated or mosaic work: the operation of making it.
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