mo ‧ sa ‧ ic /məʊˈzeɪ-ɪk $ moʊ-/ BrE AmE noun
[ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: mosaique , from Late Latin musivus 'of a muse, artistic' , from Latin Musa ; ⇨ ↑ muse 2 ]
1 . [uncountable and countable] a pattern or picture made by fitting together small pieces of coloured stone, glass etc:
rooms decorated with wall paintings and mosaics
a 3rd-century Roman mosaic floor
2 . [countable usually singular] a group of different things that exist next to each other or together
mosaic of
The forest floor was a mosaic of autumn colours.
the complex mosaic of world cultures