| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | tes·ser·a |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  t s  r- |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. tes·ser·ae (ts-r  )
One of the small squares of stone or glass used in making mosaic patterns. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin, from Greek, neuter of tesseres, variant of tessares, four. See kwetwer- in Appendix I.
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