Definitions for Mosaic
Mosaic
mo·sa·ic
Spelling: [moh-zey-ik]
IPA: /moʊˈzeɪ ɪk/
Mosaic is a 6 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.
You can make 131 anagrams from letters in Mosaic (acimos).
Definitions for Mosaic
noun
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a picture or decoration made of small, usually colored pieces of inlaid stone, glass, etc.
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the process of producing such a picture or decoration.
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something resembling such a picture or decoration in composition, especially in being made up of diverse elements:
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Also called aerial mosaic, photomosaic. Surveying. an assembly of aerial photographs matched in such a way as to show a continuous photographic representation of an area (mosaic map)
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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.
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Also called mosaic disease. Plant Pathology. any of several diseases of plants, characterized by mottled green or green and yellow areas on the leaves, caused by certain viruses.
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Biology. an organism exhibiting mosaicism.
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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
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pertaining to, resembling, or used for making a mosaic or mosaic work:
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composed of a combination of diverse elements.
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of or relating to Moses or the writings, laws, and principles attributed to him:
verb (used with object)
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to make a mosaic of or from.
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to decorate with mosaic.
Origin of Mosaic
1350-1400; Middle English Middle French mosaïque Italian mosaico Medieval Latin musaicum, re-formation of Late Latin musīvum (opus), Latin musēum, musaeum mosaic work (quantity of u uncertain
Examples for Mosaic
This is what has created the mosaic of plots that we know today, and that was pretty much already in place a thousand years ago.
The Lennon Wall in Admiralty is a mosaic of Post-It notes, each square a scribbled wish.
Even the floors of some of his rooms are made in mosaic pictures.
The mosaic border to the frame is quite unique in its design.
I compare it to laying a mosaic on my hands and knees, putting in each color very slowly.
Compositions so produced are to poetry what mosaic is to painting.
In some of these churches the decorations are chiefly in mosaic, and are extremely striking.
The result is a mosaic of spectra, covering up to 60 different regions.
The mosaic too looks to her eyes more like a work of the 1st than the 4th century B.C.
The Derbyshire marbles are quarried all about, and mosaic manufacture is carried on.