Explore Tesserae through 4 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Tesserae in a sentence
Tesserae meaning
plural of tessera
Using Tesserae
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of tessera
Context around Tesserae
- Average sentence length in these examples: 33.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 0 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Tesserae
- In this selection, "tesserae" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 33.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, dice stand out and add context to how "tesserae" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 6 million tesserae in total and included dice tesserae or tali. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "tesserae" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aaargh, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with tesserae
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
She also replaced stones that had been added in previous restorations but weren’t a good color match, replacing 5% of those 6 million tesserae in total. (27 words)
Board games played in Rome included dice (Tesserae or Tali ), Roman Chess ( Latrunculi ), Roman Checkers (Calculi), Tic-tac-toe (Terni Lapilli), and Ludus duodecim scriptorum and Tabula, predecessors of backgammon. (30 words)
Generally sharks have only one layer of tesserae, but the jaws of large specimens, such as the bull shark, tiger shark, and the great white shark, have two to three layers or more, depending on body size. (37 words)
It has a layer of tiny hexagonal plates called " tesserae ", which are crystal blocks of calcium salts arranged as a mosaic. citation This gives these areas much of the same strength found in the bony tissue found in other animals. (40 words)
Generally sharks have only one layer of tesserae, but the jaws of large specimens, such as the bull shark, tiger shark, and the great white shark, have two to three layers or more, depending on body size. (37 words)
Board games played in Rome included dice (Tesserae or Tali ), Roman Chess ( Latrunculi ), Roman Checkers (Calculi), Tic-tac-toe (Terni Lapilli), and Ludus duodecim scriptorum and Tabula, predecessors of backgammon. (30 words)
Example sentences (4)
She also replaced stones that had been added in previous restorations but weren’t a good color match, replacing 5% of those 6 million tesserae in total.
Board games played in Rome included dice (Tesserae or Tali ), Roman Chess ( Latrunculi ), Roman Checkers (Calculi), Tic-tac-toe (Terni Lapilli), and Ludus duodecim scriptorum and Tabula, predecessors of backgammon.
Generally sharks have only one layer of tesserae, but the jaws of large specimens, such as the bull shark, tiger shark, and the great white shark, have two to three layers or more, depending on body size.
It has a layer of tiny hexagonal plates called " tesserae ", which are crystal blocks of calcium salts arranged as a mosaic. citation This gives these areas much of the same strength found in the bony tissue found in other animals.