[ mə(ʊ)'zeɪɪk ]
■ noun
1》 a picture or pattern produced by arranging together small pieces of coloured stone, tile, or glass.
↘a colourful pattern resembling a ~.
2》 Biology an individual (especially an animal) composed of cells of two genetically different types.
3》 (also ~ disease ) a virus disease that results in leaf variegation in tobacco, maize, sugar cane, and other plants.
4》 an arrangement of photosensitive elements in a television camera.
■ verb ( ~s , ~king , ~ked ) decorate with a ~.
Derivatives
~ist noun
Origin
ME: from Fr. mosaïque , based on L. musi(v)um 'decoration with small square stones', perh. ult. from Gk mousa 'a muse'.