Definition of Mosaics. Meaning of Mosaics. Synonyms of Mosaics

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Definition of Mosaics

Mosaic
Mosaic Mo*sa"ic, 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.
Mosaic
Mosaic Mo*sa"ic, n. [F. mosa["i]que; 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. 2. A picture or design made in mosaic; an article decorated in mosaic.
Mosaic
Mosaic Mo*sa"ic, 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. A very beautiful mosaic pavement. --Addison. 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.

Meaning of Mosaics from wikipedia

- forms. Mosaics have a long history, starting in Mesopotamia in the 3rd millennium BC. Pebble mosaics were made in Tiryns in Mycenean Greece; mosaics with...
- Byzantine mosaics are mosaics produced from the 4th to 15th centuries in and under the influence of the Byzantine Empire. Mosaics were some of the most...
- Orpheus mosaics are found throughout the Roman Empire, normally in large Roman villas. The scene normally shown is Orpheus playing his lyre, and attracting...
- Mosaics within Mosaics is the third album released by Circulatory System. It is their second double album and was released on June 24, 2014. "Circulatory...
- the surviving examples of wall mosaics come from Italian sites such as Pompeii and Herculaneum. Otherwise, floor mosaics are far more likely to have survived...
- Empirically, mosaicities can be determined by measuring rocking curves. Diffraction by mosaics is described by the Darwin–Hamilton equations. The mosaic crystal...
- Antioch mosaics Zliten mosaic Early Byzantine mosaics in the Middle East Late Antique and medieval mosaics in Italy Fabrikant, Geraldine. Mosaic Restoration...
- East Institute. Mosaics Hagia Sophia, hagiasophia.com: Mosaics. MacDonald, William Lloyd (1951). The uncovering of Byzantine mosaics in Hagia Sophia....
- The mosaics of Delos are a significant body of ancient Gr**** mosaic art. Most of the surviving mosaics from Delos, Greece, an island in the Cyclades, date...
- PMID 17246815. Stern, Curt 1968. "Genetic mosaics in animals and man". pp27–129, in Stern, C. Genetic Mosaics and Other Essays. Harvard University Press...