'Mosaic' definitions:

Definition of 'Mosaic'

From: WordNet
adjective
Of or relating to Moses or the laws and writings attributed to him; "Mosaic Law"
noun
Art consisting of a design made of small pieces of colored stone or glass
noun
Viral disease in solanaceous plants (tomatoes, potatoes, tobacco) resulting in mottling and often shriveling of the leaves
noun
A freeware browser
noun
A pattern resembling a mosaic
noun
Transducer formed by the light-sensitive surface on a television camera tube
noun
Arrangement of aerial photographs forming a composite picture [syn: mosaic, arial mosaic, photomosaic]

Definition of 'Mosaic'

From: GCIDE
  • Mosaic \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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A picture or design made in mosaic; an article decorated in mosaic. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Something resembling a mosaic[1]; something made up of different pieces, fitted together by design to form a unified composition. [PJC]
  • aerial mosaic An aerial photograph of a large area, made by carefully fitting together aerial photographs of smaller areas so that the edges match in location, and the whole provides a continuous image of the larger area. Called also
  • mosaic map and photomosaic.
  • mosaic virus A type of plant virus that causes green and yellow mottling of leaves of a plant. A much-studied type is the tobacco mosaic virus, affecting the tobacco plant. [PJC]

Definition of 'Mosaic'

From: GCIDE
  • Mosaic \Mo*sa"ic\, prop. 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Mosaic'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • A very beautiful mosaic pavement. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]