mosaic (redirected from mosaics)

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

n mosaic [məˈzeiik]

(the art of making) a design formed by fitting together small pieces of coloured marble, glass etc. mosaïek فُسَيْفِساء мозайка mozaika mosaik das Mosaik μωσαϊκό mosaico mosaiik موزاییکی mosaiikki mosaïque פְּסִיפַּס पच्चीकारी, चित्र वर्ण mozaik mozaik mosaik mósaík(list) mosaico モザイク 모자이크 mozaika mozaīka mozek mozaiek mosaikk mozaika mosaico mozaic мозаика mozaika mozaik mozaik mosaik ลวดลายที่ทำด้วยกระจกสี mozaik 鑲嵌工藝 мозаїка کاشی کاری đồ khảm 镶嵌工艺