mosaic
Part of speech: noun
adj
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: biology
botany
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
pathology
phytopathology
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Ancient Greek Μοῦσᾰ (Moûsă)
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Ancient Greek -ῐος (-ĭos)?
Ancient Greek -ῐον (-ĭon)
Ancient Greek -εῖον (-eîon)
Ancient Greek Μουσεῖον (Mouseîon)
Ancient Greek μουσεῖον (mouseîon)der.
Late Latin mūsīvum
Medieval Latin musaicumbor.
Italian mosaicoder.
Middle French mosaïqueder.
English mosaic
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)). Doublet of museum.
Inflected forms:
form: mosaics
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: mosaick
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: musaic
pos: noun
tags: alternative
archaic
form: mosaick
pos: adj
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: musaic
pos: adj
tags: alternative
archaic
form: mosaics
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: mosaicking
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: mosaicing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: mosaicked
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: mosaicked
pos: verb
tags: past
form: mosaiced
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: mosaiced
pos: verb
tags: past
form: mosaick
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: musaic
pos: verb
tags: alternative
archaic
Senses:
gloss: A piece of artwork created by placing colored squares (usually tiles) in a pattern so as to create a picture.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Pixelization. (a method of censorship)
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Using censorship's ability to enhance laughter, modern comedy uses a full array of censorship tools: strategically placed censors' black bars ... digitalized mosaic blurs or pixilations^([sic]) that obscure body parts, crude gestures, and the like ...
gloss: An individual composed of two or more cell lines of different genetic or chromosomal constitution, but from the same zygote.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Any of several viral diseases that cause mosaic-like patterns to appear on leaves.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A composite picture made from overlapping photographs.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Any composite structure made from diverse elements.
pos: noun
tags: countable
figuratively
uncountable
gloss: Containing cells of varying genetic constitution.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: To arrange in a mosaic.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Featheredging is a process in preparing the photographs for mosaicking and involves cutting, tearing, and sandpapering the back of the print along its edges in such a way that the edge of the print is thin and will make a smooth match with adjoining prints.
Related words: tessellation
tilework
tiling
Derived words: alphamosaic
cultural mosaic
demosaic
macromosaic
micromosaic
mosaical
mosaic gold
mosaic gulper shark
mosaicism
mosaicist
mosaicity
mosaiclike
mosaic plagiarism
mosaicplasty
mosaic plot
mosaicry
mosaic-tailed rat
mosaiculture
mosaic virus
mosaist
nanomosaic
nonmosaic
orthomosaic
Pallister mosaic aneuploidy syndrome
photomosaic
rugose mosaic
Seram long-tailed mosaic-tailed rat
tobacco mosaic
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