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tesseral

tesseral adjective: of, pertaining to, or made up of tesserae.

Adjective (1)

tesseral (comparative more tesseral, superlative most tesseral)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or made up of tesserae.
  2. isometric.

Adjective (2)

tesseral (not comparable)

  1. Describing number systems, algebras, and algorithms over labeled hierarchical subdivisions of space.
    • tesseral arithmetic
    • tesseral mathematics

Synonyms of tesseral

Forms of tesseral

comparativemore tesseral
superlativemost tesseral

Origin of tesseral

From tessera + -al.

Blend of tessera + numeral, used in 1983 to describe such systems over various isohedral tilings of the plane.

Words formed from tesseral

Questions about tesseral

What does tesseral mean?
Tesseral means of, pertaining to, or made up of tesserae.
What part of speech is tesseral?
Tesseral is an adjective.

Words near tesseral in the dictionary

  1. tesseracts
  2. tesseradecade
  3. tesseradecades
  4. tesserae
  5. tesseraic
  6. tesseral
  7. Tesserete
  8. Tesses
  9. Tessica
  10. Tessie
  11. Tessier

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