mosaic

image or writing made from an assemblage of small pieces of colored glass, stone, or other materials
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mosaic

Summary

mosaic is an artistic technique[1]. mosaic has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • mosaic's instance of is recorded as artistic technique[3].
  • mosaic's instance of is recorded as type of work of art[4].
  • mosaic is a type of plastic artwork[5].
  • mosaic is a type of two-dimensional visual artwork[6].
  • mosaic is a type of assemblage[7].
  • mosaic is a type of material[8].
  • mosaic is a type of architectural element[9].
  • mosaic is a type of civil engineering construction[10].
  • mosaic's Commons category is recorded as Mosaics[11].
  • mosaic comprises tessera[12].
  • mosaic's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Mosaic[13].
  • mosaic's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[14].
  • mosaic's described by source is recorded as Vlastenský slovník historický[15].
  • mosaic's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language, Second Edition[16].
  • mosaic's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17].
  • mosaic's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[18].
  • mosaic's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary[19].
  • mosaic's described by source is recorded as Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[20].
  • mosaic's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[21].
  • mosaic's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[22].
  • mosaic's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[23].
  • mosaic's different from is recorded as mosaic making[24].
  • mosaic's different from is recorded as Q17484873[25].
  • mosaic's different from is recorded as tile artwork[26].
  • mosaic's fabrication method is recorded as mosaic making[27].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include artistic technique[3] and type of work of art[4]. Recorded subclass of include plastic artwork[5], two-dimensional visual artwork[6], assemblage[7], material[8], architectural element[9], and civil engineering construction[10].

Use and Application

mosaic comprises tessera[12].

Influence

Things named for mosaic include Mozilla Application Suite[28], an Internet suite[29] and Mosaic[30], a web browser[31], founded in 1993[32].

Why It Matters

mosaic has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] mosaic is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

Entities named for mosaic include Mozilla Application Suite[28], an Internet suite[29] and Mosaic[30], a web browser[31], founded in 1993[32].

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  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · Andre Engels · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Oxford classical dictionary id 4260
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P9106]]: 4260, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/107286418|mosaic (#107286418)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/4102|Oxford Classical Dictionary]"
  2. 23d ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id h0001446-mozaiky
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: h0001446-mozaiky, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259492|batch #259492]]"
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