sectile

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The nearly intact panel is shaped like the letter sigma and made of small glass pieces using the opus sectile technique.

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  1. adjective Of or relating to a mineral that can be cut or severed smoothly by a knife but cannot withstand pulverization.

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  • The nearly intact panel is shaped like the letter sigma and made of small glass pieces using the opus sectile technique. —  BiblePlaces Blog
  • A workshop for wall opus sectile made of stone panels was recently excavated in Caesarea, and one can assume the Gold Glass Table was produced by local artists. —  BiblePlaces Blog
  • The two panels at the side of the daďs are in opus sectile, a design of hexagons of Pavonazzo, with diamonds of Vert des Alpes between them. —  The Cathedral Church of Peterborough A Description Of Its Fabric And A Brief History Of The Episcopal See
  • It is a soft, sectile mineral occurring in monoclinic crystals, or in granular, compact, or powdery form, often in association with the related mineral, orpiment (As2S3). —  Sadly, No!
  • Roman, likewise, was the use of polished monolithic columns, and the incrustation of the piers and walls with panels of variegated marble, as well as the decoration of plastered surfaces by fresco and mosaic, and the use of _opus sectile_ and _opus Alexandrinum_ for the production of sumptuous marble pavements. —  A Text-Book of the History of Architecture Seventh Edition, revised
 

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  1. Latin sectilis, from sectus, past participle of secāre, to cut; see sek- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. = French sectile = Portuguese sectil; from Latin sectilis, cut, divided, from secare, past participle sectus, cut: see sectant, section.
 

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/ˈsɛktɪl/
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