mosaic

Japanese: モザイク

〘Noun〙 (mosaic, mosaïque)① A picture or pattern created by arranging and gluing small pieces of stone, glazed pottery, glass, seashells, eggshells, etc. of various colors. Also, this type of art form. It was particularly developed in ancient Rome and Byzantium. *Man'yūkichō (1877)〈Nakai Hiroshi〉vol. 2 "The exquisite stone paintings (mosaic) on the large stone pillars are beautiful and exquisite"② The phenomenon in which one or more genetically different traits appear in a single living organism. A type of deformity. A word used mainly about animals. The plant equivalents of chimeras and variegation are not called mosaics. They are often seen in insects. For example, butterflies and moths have symmetrical light and dark colors on the left and right sides of their bodies. ③ (figuratively) A collection of various things. Various types of fragmentary elements are gathered together in one place so that they can be seen at a glance. *Travel - November 1934 (Showa 9) issue, Chichibu (by Sasaki Hikoichiro) "We went from a landscape that was unchanging and could be described as a desert to a valley that could be described as a mosaic of landscapes." ④ A process in which part of a television or other screen is divided into squares and blurred in the shape of ① so that the image in that part is not clearly visible.

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Japanese:

〘名〙 (mosaic, mosaïque)① さまざまな色の石・釉陶・ガラス・貝殻・卵殻などの細片を並べて接着し、絵や模様を表わしたもの。また、そのような美術形式。古代ローマ、ビザンチンにおいて特に発達した。※漫遊記程（1877）〈中井弘〉下「大石柱の奇麗盛華なる石画(モザイク)の精巧」② 一個の生物体に一つあるいはそれ以上の遺伝的に異なる形質が現われる現象。一種の奇形。主として動物について用いられる語。植物でこれにあたるキメラや斑入りはモザイクとは呼ばない。多く昆虫に見られる。たとえば、蝶や蛾で体の左右が明暗の対称的な色に分かれるなど。③ (比喩的に) いろいろなものが寄せ集まったもの。さまざまの種類の断片的な要素をひとつに集めて一望できるようにしたもの。※旅‐昭和九年（1934）一一月号・秩父〈佐々木彦一郎〉「景観の砂漠とでも言ふべき無変化から景観のモザイックとでも言ふべき谷には入(い)って」④ テレビなどの画面の一部を升目に区切って①のような形でぼかし、その部分の映像がはっきりとは見えないようにする処理。

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