[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

mosaic \mosa"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.
   1913 webster

         a very beautiful mosaic pavement.        --addison.
   1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster
see also:
florentine mosaic florentine mosaic gold ormolu sns2 aurum musivum 
aurum mosaicum bronze powder mosaic work mosaic 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

mosaic \mosa"ic\, n. f. mosa"ique; 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.
      1913 webster

   2. a picture or design made in mosaic; an article decorated
      in mosaic.
      1913 webster

   3. something resembling a mosaic1; something made up of
      different pieces, fitted together by design to form a
      unified composition.
      pjc

   aerial mosaic an aerial photograph of a large area, made by
      carefully fitting together aerial photographs of smaller
      areas so that the edges match in location, and the whole
      provides a continuous image of the larger area. called
      also

   mosaic map and photomosaic.

   mosaic virus a type of plant virus that causes green and
      yellow mottling of leaves of a plant. a much-studied type
      is the tobacco mosaic virus, affecting the tobacco
      plant.
      pjc
see also:
muse mosaic work aerial mosaic mosaic map photomosaic mosaic virus 
tobacco mosaic virus 

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