Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - mosaic

n. & v. --n. 1 a a picture or pattern produced by an arrangement of small variously coloured pieces of glass or stone etc. b work of this kind as an art form. 2 a diversified thing. 3 an arrangement of photosensitive elements in a television camera. 4 Biol. a chimera. 5 (in full mosaic disease) a virus disease causing leaf-mottling in plants, esp. tobacco, maize, and sugar cane. 6 (attrib.) a of or like a mosaic. b diversified. --v.tr. (mosaicked, mosaicking) 1 adorn with mosaics. 2 combine into or as into a mosaic. Phrases and idioms mosaic gold 1 tin disulphide. 2 an alloy of copper and zinc used in cheap jewellery etc. Derivatives mosaicist n. Etymology: ME f. F mosa{iuml}que f. It. mosaico f. med.L mosaicus, musaicus f. Gk mous(e)ion mosaic work f. mousa MUSE(1) MOSAIC adj. of or associated with Moses (in the Hebrew Bible). Phrases and idioms Mosaic Law the laws attributed to Moses and listed in the Pentateuch. Etymology: F mosa{iuml}que or mod.L Mosaicus f. Moses f. Heb. Moseh