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mo·sa·ic  (m-zk)

n.

1.

a. A picture or decorative design made by setting small colored pieces, as of stone or tile, into a surface.

b. The process or art of making such pictures or designs.

2. A composite picture made of overlapping, usually aerial, photographs.

3. Something that resembles a mosaic: a mosaic of testimony from various witnesses.

4. Botany A viral disease of plants, resulting in light and dark areas in the leaves, which often become shriveled and dwarfed.

5. A photosensitive surface, as in the iconoscope of a television camera.

6. Biology An individual exhibiting mosaicism.

tr.v. mo·sa·icked, mo·sa·ick·ing, mo·sa·ics

1. To make by mosaic: mosaic a design on a rosewood box.

2. To adorn with or as if with mosaic: mosaic a sidewalk.

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[Middle English musycke, from Old French mosaique, from Old Italian mosaico, from Medieval Latin msicum, neuter of msicus, of the Muses, from Latin Msa, Muse, from Greek Mousa; see men-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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mo·sai·cist (m-z-sst) n.

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mosaic [moh-zay-ik]

Noun

a design or decoration made up of small pieces of coloured glass or stone [Greek mouseios of the Muses]

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Mosaic

Adjective

of or relating to Moses or the laws and traditions ascribed to him

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mosaic  (m-zk)

Any of various viral diseases of plants, resulting in light and dark areas in the leaves, which often become shriveled and dwarfed.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	mosaic - art consisting of a design made of small pieces of colored stone or glass art, fine art - the products of human creativity; works of art collectively; "an art exhibition"; "a fine collection of art" tessera - a small square tile of stone or glass used in making mosaics
	2.	mosaic - viral disease in solanaceous plants (tomatoes, potatoes, tobacco) resulting in mottling and often shriveling of the leaves plant disease - a disease that affects plants potato mosaic - a disease of the leaves of potato plants tobacco mosaic - a plant disease causing discoloration of the leaves of tobacco plants
	3.	Mosaic - a freeware browser
	4.	mosaic - a pattern resembling a mosaic pattern, form, shape - a perceptual structure; "the composition presents problems for students of musical form"; "a visual pattern must include not only objects but the spaces between them"
	5.	mosaic - transducer formed by the light-sensitive surface on a television camera tube television camera, tv camera, camera - television equipment consisting of a lens system that focuses an image on a photosensitive mosaic that is scanned by an electron beam transducer - an electrical device that converts one form of energy into another
	6.	mosaic - arrangement of aerial photographs forming a composite picture arial mosaic, photomosaic photo, photograph, pic, exposure, picture - a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide; recorded by a camera on light-sensitive material
Adj.	1.	Mosaic - of or relating to Moses or the laws and writings attributed to him; "Mosaic Law"

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An assembly of overlapping photographs that have been matched to form a continuous photographic representation of a portion of the surface of the Earth. See also controlled mosaic; semi-controlled mosaic.

Translations

mosaic [məuˈzeɪɪk] n → mosaico

mosaic [məuˈzeɪɪk] n → mosaïque f

mosaic [məuˈzeɪɪk] n → Mosaik nt

mosaic [məuˈzeɪɪk] n → mosaico

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mosaic

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