what is the meaning of mosaic
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Answer:
noun
noun: mosaic; plural noun: mosaics; noun: mosaic disease; plural noun: mosaic diseases
1.
a picture or pattern produced by arranging together small pieces of stone, tile, glass, etc.
"mosaics on the interior depict scenes from the Old Testament"
a colourful and variegated pattern.
"the bird's plumage was a mosaic of slate-grey, blue, and brown"
a combination of diverse elements forming a more or less coherent whole.
"a cultural mosaic"
an arrangement of photosensitive elements in a television camera.
2.
BIOLOGY
an individual (especially an animal) composed of cells of two genetically different types.
3.
a virus disease that results in leaf variegation in tobacco, maize, sugar cane, and other plants.
verb
verb: mosaic; 3rd person present: mosaics; past tense: mosaicked; past participle: mosaicked; gerund or present participle: mosaicking
decorate with a mosaic.
"he mosaicked the walls, ceilings, and floors"
combine (distinct or disparate elements) to form a picture or pattern.
"the digital data were combined, or mosaicked, to delineate counties"
adjectiveBIOLOGY
adjective: mosaic
denoting an individual composed of cells of two genetically different types.
Origin
late Middle English: from French mosaïque, based on Latin musi(v)um ‘decoration with small square stones’, perhaps ultimately from Greek mousa ‘a muse’.