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Definitions for: 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"
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
Synonyms: adorned, decorated, tessellated
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
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