资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Mosaic \Mo*sa"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.
A very beautiful mosaic pavement. --Addison.
{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.
{Mosaic gold}. See under {Mosaic}.
资料来源 : WordNet®
mosaic gold
n : a yellow pigment sometimes suspended in lacquer [syn: {stannic
sulfide}]