adjective Stannic sulphide, SnS2, obtained as a yellow scaly crystalline powder, and used as a pigment in bronzing and gilding wood and metal work.adjective 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.noun Anything resembling a piece of mosaic work in composition.įrom the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.noun A piece of mosaic work: as, a Florentine mosaic a Roman mosaic a glass mosaic.noun Mosaic work inlaid work, especially in hard materials, as distinguished from inlays of wood, ivory, or the like.Made of small pieces inlaid to form a pattern also, resembling such inlaid work.Relating to Moses, the Hebrew lawgiver, or to the writings and institutions attributed to him.noun In biology, an organism which has antagonistic or mutually exclusive parental characteristics in different parts of its body.

In biology, pertaining to or characterized by the presence of antagonistic or mutually exclusive parental characters in different parts of the body or of the germ-cells.

To work up into a mosaic represent in or decorate with mosaic patterns.

transitive verb To adorn with or as if with mosaic.

noun Biology An individual exhibiting mosaicism.

noun An array of photosensitive elements in a video camera that react to light and are scanned by other components to compose an image.

noun Botany A viral disease of plants, resulting in light and dark areas in the leaves, which often become shriveled and dwarfed.

noun Something that resembles a mosaic.

noun A composite picture made of overlapping, usually aerial, photographs.

noun The process or art of making such pictures or designs.

noun A picture or decorative design made by setting small colored pieces, as of stone or tile, into a surface.From The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

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