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Definition of Mosaiclike
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mosaiclike
Literary usage of Mosaiclike
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Mentor: A Wise and Faithful Guide and FriendArt (1913)
"... set his bright colors in rather harsh combinations, Holbein worked out
arrangements of mosaiclike depth and brilliance. Usually the background is pale ..."
2. A Text-book of Human Physiology by Robert Tigerstedt (1906)
"Seen from the outside the layer of rods and cones forms a mosaiclike surface (Fig.
213), an arrangement well adapted to a light-perceiving function; ..."
3. Manual of Clinical Microscopy and Chemistry: Prepared for the Use of by Hermann Lenhartz (1904)
"This dirty-gray parasite is about 5 millimeters broad and 7 millimeters long,
and is covered with a mosaiclike shell. It has four pairs of legs ; in front ..."
4. Surgical Operations: A Handbook for Students and Practitioners by Friedrich Pels-Leusder (1912)
"261. section, we may cover partially the defect by replacing some of the fragments
in the wound, mosaiclike. It is not indispensable to reimplant all ..."
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