different between photomosaic vs mosaic

English

Etymology

photo +? mosaic

Noun

photomosaic (plural photomosaics)

1. (photography) A composite image made of individual photographs, normally of the same shape and size, placed together - to show a panoramic view etc.

Translations

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)

1. A piece of artwork created by placing colored squares (usually tiles) in a pattern so as to create a picture.
2. (genetics) An individual composed of two or more cell lines of different genetic or chromosomal constitution, but from the same zygote.
3. (phytopathology) Any of several viral diseases that cause mosaic-like patterns to appear on leaves.
4. A composite picture made from overlapping photographs.

Derived terms

• mosaicist

Translations

Adjective

mosaic (not comparable)

1. (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)

1. mosaic

Friulian

Noun

mosaic m (plural mosaics)

1. mosaic