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   Mosaic (?), n. [F. mosaïque; 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.
   
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   2. A picture or design made in mosaic; an article decorated in mosaic.
   
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   3. Something resembling a mosaic1; something made up of different pieces, fitted together by design to form a unified composition.
   
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   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.
   
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   Mosaic, 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.
   
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   A very beautiful mosaic pavement. Addison.
   
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   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.
   
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   Mosaic, 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”.
   
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