mosaic
English
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Mosaik_Gedaechtniskirche_Speyer.jpg/220px-Mosaik_Gedaechtniskirche_Speyer.jpg)
Alternative forms
- mosaick (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle French mosaïque, from Italian mosaico, from Medieval Latin musaicum, from Late Latin musivum (opus), from Latin museum, musaeum, probably from Ancient Greek Μουσεῖον (Mouseîon), shrine of the Muses (Μοῦσα (Moûsa)).
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -eɪɪk
Noun
mosaic (countable and uncountable, plural mosaics)
- A piece of artwork created by placing colored squares (usually tiles) in a pattern so as to create a picture.
- (genetics) An individual composed of two or more cell lines of different genetic or chromosomal constitution, but from the same zygote.
- (phytopathology) Any of several viral diseases that cause mosaic-like patterns to appear on leaves.
- A composite picture made from overlapping photographs.
Translations
artwork
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genetically diverse individual
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viral disease
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composite picture
Adjective
mosaic (not comparable)
- (of an individual) Containing cells of varying genetic constitution.
Related terms
See also
- intarsia
mosaic on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Mosaic (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
- Redslob, Gustav Moritz (1860) “Über den Ausdruck „Mosaïk“”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft, volume 14, pages 663–678
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Noun
mosaic m (plural mosaics)
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