| 释义 |
tessular, a. Cryst.|ˈtɛsjʊlə(r)|
[f. mod.L. *tessula, irreg. dim. of tessera + -ar.]
= tesseral 2.
1796Kirwan Elem. Min. (ed. 2) I. 139 In nodules, or in half rounded masses, or tessular. 1805–17R. Jameson Char. Min. (ed. 3) 132 Where there are many crystals together, but merely simply aggregated; and these are either, 1. On one another;..[this] occurs principally in tessular crystals, as in galena or lead-glance, and calcareous⁓spar. 1854Pereira's Pol. Light 165 The equiaxed crystals constitute one system, called the cubic, octohedral or tessular system. 1869Phillips Vesuv. x. 294 The crystallization is on the tessular pattern. |