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    Mosaic

    Definitions

    1 | noun | art consisting of a design made of small pieces of colored stone or glass 2 | noun | viral disease in solanaceous plants (tomatoes, potatoes, tobacco) resulting in mottling and often shriveling of the leaves 3 | noun | a pattern resembling a mosaic 4 | noun | transducer formed by the light-sensitive surface on a television camera tube 5 | noun | arrangement of aerial photographs forming a composite picture (5 meanings)

    Pronunciation

    mohz'eyik (IPA: moʊzˈeɪɪk)

    Hyphenation

    mo-sa-ic (6 letters | 3 syllables)

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    First known use in English

    1400 (Late Middle ages | European Renaissance) (625 years ago)

    Word origins

    Old French | | Latin | Modern Greek

    Word frequency history

    Inflected form

    mosaics

    Synonyms

    arial mosaic | photomosaic

    Narrower terms

    potato mosaic | tobacco mosaic

    Broader terms

    art | fine art | plant disease | form | pattern | shape | transducer | exposure | photo | photograph | pic | picture (total: 12)

    Rhymes

    algebraic | archaic | formulaic | photovoltaic | prosaic (total: 5) (based on typical American pronunciation)

    Lexically close words

    prosaic

    Anagrams

    (none among common words)

    Phrases

    arial mosaic | mosaic culture | mosaic gold | tobacco mosaic virus

    Translations

    Spanish: | mosaico (general) French: | mosaïque (general) Portuguese: | mosaico (general) German: | Mosaik (general) Japanese: | モザイク状 (nouns) | モザイク病 (common noun)

    Other notable uses

    The Parsifal Mosaic (Robert Ludlum)

    mosaic.org | mosaic.info | mosaic.biz

    Crossword puzzle clues

    Composite picture | Fancy floor, maybe | Fountain basin feature | Inlaid design | Many a stained glass window | Set pieces? | Subway tunnel art, maybe | Terrazzo, e.g. | Tile art | Tile work | Tiled art (total: 11) (based on all New York Times crossword puzzles 1994 to 2009)

    Scrabble score

    10 (International English) | 10 (North American English)

    Phone keypad digits

    (???) ?66-7242

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