different between miscellany vs mosaic
miscellany
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French miscellanées, from Latin miscellanea, from miscellus (“mixed”), from misce? (“to mix”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /m??s?.l?.ni/
- (US) IPA(key): /?m?.s??le?.ni/, /m??s?.l?.ni/
Noun
miscellany (countable and uncountable, plural miscellanies)
- Miscellaneous items.
- A collection of writings on various subjects or topics; an anthology.
Synonyms
- miscellanea
Related terms
Translations
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mosaic
English
Alternative forms
- mosaick (obsolete)
- musaic (archaic)
Etymology
From Middle French mosaïque, from Italian mosaico, from Medieval Latin musaicum, from Late Latin musivum (opus), from Latin museum, musaeum, probably from Ancient Greek ???????? (Mouseîon), shrine of the Muses (????? (Moûsa)).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /m???ze?k/, /m???ze?.?k/
- (General American) IPA(key): /mo??ze?.?k/, /mo??ze?k/
- Rhymes: -e?k, -e??k
Noun
mosaic (countable and uncountable, plural mosaics)
- A piece of artwork created by placing colored squares (usually tiles) in a pattern so as to create a picture.
- (genetics) An individual composed of two or more cell lines of different genetic or chromosomal constitution, but from the same zygote.
- (phytopathology) Any of several viral diseases that cause mosaic-like patterns to appear on leaves.
- A composite picture made from overlapping photographs.
Derived terms
- mosaicist
Translations
Adjective
mosaic (not comparable)
- (of an individual) Containing cells of varying genetic constitution.
Related terms
- alphamosaic
- mosaicism
- mosaicist
- photomosaic
See also
- intarsia
- mosaic on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Mosaic (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
- Redslob, Gustav Moritz (1860) , “Über den Ausdruck „Mosaïk“”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft, volume 14, pages 663–678
Anagrams
- Amicos, Samoic
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /mo?zajk/
- (Central) IPA(key): /mu?zajk/
Noun
mosaic m (plural mosaics)
- mosaic
Friulian
Noun
mosaic m (plural mosaics)
- mosaic
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