Meanings
nounTecla house (plural Tecla houses)
plural Tecla houses
- A prototype eco-friendly residential building made out of clay by 3D printing.
Origin
From technology and clay; also an allusion to a fictional city called Tecla, perpetually under construction, in Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities.
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APA
Tecla house. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tecla%20house
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“Tecla house.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tecla%20house. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Tecla house,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tecla%20house.
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