mosaic

plural mosaics · alternative obsolete mosaick · alternative archaic musaic

1. countableuncountableA piece of artwork created by placing colored pieces (usually tiles, either regular or irregular in shape) in a pattern so as to create a picture.
2. countableuncountablePixelization. (a method of censorship)

   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 ...

   2019, Laura Little, Guilty Pleasures: Comedy and Law in America, Oxford University Press, archived from the original on 19 Jul 2023, page 65

3. countableuncountablebiologyAn individual composed of two or more cell lines of different genetic or chromosomal constitution, but from the same zygote.
4. countableuncountablebiologyAny of several viral diseases that cause mosaic-like patterns to appear on leaves.
5. countableuncountableA composite picture made from overlapping photographs.
6. countablefigurativelyuncountableAny composite structure made from diverse elements.

alternative obsolete mosaick · alternative archaic musaic

1. not comparableContaining cells of varying genetic constitution.

present singular third person mosaics · participle present mosaicking · participle present mosaicing · participle past mosaicked · past mosaicked · participle past mosaiced · past mosaiced · alternative obsolete mosaick · alternative archaic musaic

1. transitiveTo arrange in a mosaic.

   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.

   1944, War Department Technical Manual, volume 5, number 240, page 60

1. Pertaining to Moses, or the writings and traditions attributed to him.First known use 17th c.

   Mosaic law

   2 more examples

   The Mosaic account of the creation, whether taken as divine authority, or merely historical, is full to this point, the unity or equality of man.

   1791, Thomas Paine, Rights of Man: Being an Answer to Mr. Burke’s Attack on the French Revolution, London: […] J. S. Jordan, […], →OCLC

   The Mosaic Code, embodied in the Pentateuch, furnished to the children of Israel the necessary platform of justice; ancient tradition and Rabbinic interpretation contained in the Talmud, supplied needed rules of practical application.

   1908, Walter M. Chandler, The Trial of Jesus from a Lawyer's Standpoint, volume I