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Mosaic

Mosaic Meaning & Definition
Mosaic Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Mosaic?

[n] art consisting of a design made of small pieces of colored stone or glass
[n] assembly of aerial photographs forming a composite picture
[n] transducer formed by the light-sensitive surface on a television camera tube
[n] a pattern resembling a mosaic
[n] a freeware browser
[n] viral disease in solanaceous plants (tomatoes; potatoes; tobacco) resulting in mottling and often shriveling of the leaves
[adj] decorated with small pieces of colored glass or stone fitted together; "a mosaic floor"; "a tessellated pavement"
[adj] of or relating to Moses or the laws and writings attributed to him; "Mosaic Law"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Mosaic: adorned | decorated | tessellated

Related Terms | Find terms related to Mosaic: abstract | abstraction | altarpiece | apocalyptic | apostolic | Biblical | block print | canonical | check | checked | checker | checkerboard | checkered | checkerwork | chessboard | chimera | collage | color print | colors in patches | copy | crazy-work | cyclorama | daub | diptych | engraving | evangelic | evangelistic | fresco | Gospel | harlequin | icon | illumination | illustration | image | inspired | likeness | marquetry | miniature | montage | mural | New-Testament | Old-Testament | panorama | parquet | parquetry | patchwork | photograph | picture | plaid | pomato | potomato | print | prophetic | representation | reproduction | revealed | revelational | scriptural | stained glass window | stencil | still life | tableau | tapestry | tartan | tessellate | tessellated | tessellation | tesserae | textual | textuary | theopneustic | topato | triptych | variegated pattern | wall painting

See Also | art | browser | camera | exposure | fine art | form | pattern | photo | photograph | pic | plant disease | potato mosaic | shape | television camera | tessera | tobacco mosaic | transducer | tv camera | web browser

Mosaic In Webster's Dictionary

\Mo*sa"ic\, n. [F. mosa["i]que; cf. Pr. mozaic, musec, Sp. & Pg. mosaico, It. mosaico, musaico, LGr. ?, ?, L. musivum; all fr. Gr. ? belonging to the Muses. See {Muse} the goddess.] 1. (Fine Arts) A surface decoration made by inlaying in patterns small pieces of variously colored glass, stone, or other material; -- called also {mosaic work}. 2. A picture or design made in mosaic; an article decorated in mosaic.
\Mo*sa"ic\, a. Of or pertaining to the style of work called mosaic; formed by uniting pieces of different colors; variegated; tessellated; also, composed of various materials or ingredients. A very beautiful mosaic pavement. --Addison. {Florentine mosaic}. See under {Florentine}. {Mosaic gold}. (a) See {Ormolu}. (b) Stannic sulphide, {SnS2}, obtained as a yellow scaly crystalline powder, and used as a pigment in bronzing and gilding wood and metal work. It was called by the alchemists {aurum musivum}, or {aurum mosaicum}. Called also {bronze powder}. {Mosaic work}. See {Mosaic}, n.
\Mo*sa"ic\, a. [From Moses.] Of or pertaining to Moses, the leader of the Israelites, or established through his agency; as, the Mosaic law, rites, or institutions.

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