tesseral

  1. Adjective.  Of, or pertaining to, tessarae.
  2. Adjective.  isometric.
  3. Adjective.  Describing number systems, algebras, and algorithms over labeled hierarchical subdivisions of space. Portmanteau of TESSara and numERAL used in 1983 to describe such systems over various isohedral tilings of the plane.

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