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mosaic

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[ moh-zey-ik ]

noun

  1. a picture or decoration made of small, usually colored pieces of inlaid stone, glass, etc.
  2. the process of producing such a picture or decoration.
  3. something resembling such a picture or decoration in composition, especially in being made up of diverse elements:

    a mosaic of borrowed ideas.

  4. Also called aerial mosaic, Surveying. an assembly of aerial photographs matched in such a way as to show a continuous photographic representation of an area mosaic map.
  5. Architecture. (in an architectural plan) a system of patterns for differentiating the areas of a building or the like, sometimes consisting of purely arbitrary patterns used to separate areas according to function but often consisting of plans of flooring, reflected ceiling plans, overhead views of furnishings and equipment, or other items really included in the building or building plan.
  6. Also called mosa顎僫c disease顎. Plant Pathology. any of several diseases of plants, characterized by mottled green or green and yellow areas on the leaves, caused by certain viruses.
  7. Biology. an organism exhibiting mosaicism.
  8. Television. a light-sensitive surface in a television camera tube, consisting of a thin mica sheet coated on one side with a large number of small globules of silver and cesium insulated from each other. The image to be televised is focused on this surface and the resulting charges on the globules are scanned by an electron beam.


adjective

  1. pertaining to, resembling, or used for making a mosaic or mosaic work:

    a mosaic tile.

  2. composed of a combination of diverse elements.

verb (used with object)

mosaicked, mosaicking.
  1. to make a mosaic of or from.
  2. to decorate with mosaic.

Mosaic

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[ moh-zey-ik ]

adjective

  1. of or relating to Moses or the writings, laws, and principles attributed to him:

    Mosaic ethics.

mosaic

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/ m蓹藞ze瑟瑟k; m蓹藞ze瑟瑟s瑟st /

noun

  1. a design or decoration made up of small pieces of coloured glass, stone, etc
  2. the process of making a mosaic
    1. a mottled yellowing that occurs in the leaves of plants affected with any of various virus diseases
    2. Also calledmosaic disease any of the diseases, such as tobacco mosaic , that produce this discoloration
  3. genetics another name for chimera
  4. an assembly of aerial photographs forming a composite picture of a large area on the ground
  5. a light-sensitive surface on a television camera tube, consisting of a large number of granules of photoemissive material deposited on an insulating medium
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Mosaic

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/ 尘蓹蕣藞锄别瑟瑟办 /

adjective

  1. of or relating to Moses or the laws and traditions ascribed to him
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

mosaic

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

mosaic

  1. A picture or design made from small pieces of colored tile, glass, or other material set in mortar. Mosaics have been widely used in Christian churches to decorate walls and ceilings.
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Derived Forms

  • mosaicist, noun
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 尘辞路蝉补顎僫路肠补濒路濒测 adverb
  • 辫谤别顎卪辞路蝉补顎僫肠 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of mosaic1

First recorded in 1350鈥1400; Middle English, from Middle French 尘辞蝉补茂辩耻别, from Italian mosaico, from Medieval Latin musaicum, re-formation of Late Latin mus墨vum (opus), Latin mus膿um, musaeum 鈥渕osaic work,鈥 of obscure origin; variants may show an assumed relationship with Greek 尘辞耻蝉别卯辞苍 鈥渟hrine of the Muses, museum鈥 by analogy with 补谤肠丑墨(惫)耻尘 鈥渁rchive鈥 though classical Greek word is not attested in the sense 鈥渕osaic鈥; museum, archive

Origin of mosaic2

1655鈥65; < New Latin Mosaicus, equivalent to Late Latin 惭艒蝉 ( 脓蝉 ) Moses + -aicus, on the model of Hebraicus Hebraic
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of mosaic1

C16: via French and Italian from Medieval Latin 尘艒蝉补颈肠耻蝉, from Late Greek mouseion mosaic work, from Greek mouseios of the Muses, from mousa Muse
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And yet the chapels, mosaics and gilded wood of Santa Maria Maggiore remain stunning.

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King Charles is a man of faith and was said by Palace officials to have been deeply moved by the religious mosaics he saw in Ravenna on last week's state visit to Italy.

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A mosaic in tribute to the 97 children, women and men who died was formed on the Kop during a minute's silence.

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One of the personal highlights for the King was seeing the stunning Byzantine mosaics in the Basilica of San Vitale in Ravenna, a church dating to the 6th Century.

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She also helped her neighbors make mosaic artwork using scorched jewelry, dishes and other sifted wreckage from their homes 鈥 something to memorialize what they had lost.

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