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A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
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2000
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mosaic. Patterned surface on floors,
vaults, walls, etc., consisting of regular squares (
tesserae) of glass, stone, pottery, marble, etc., embedded in a cement or plaster matrix.
Bibliography
Anthony (1968);
Portoghesi (1986);
Jane Turner (1996)
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Mosaic Mapping Corporation Completes Acquisition of Airborne Lidar Solutions Inc.
News Wire article from: Canadian Corporate News; 9/19/2003; 700+ words
; ...Sep 18, 2003 (CCNMatthews via COMTEX) Mosaic Mapping Corporation (TSXV: DEM) ("Mosaic") is pleased to announce that on September...ALSI") that was first announced in Mosaic's Press Release of May 21, 2003. Mosaic...
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MOSAIC COMMUNICATIONS OFFERS NEW NETWORK NAVIGATOR FREE ON THE INTERNET
PR Newswire; 10/13/1994; 700+ words
; Mosaic Netscape, Available Now, Builds On Tradition...Calif., Oct. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Mosaic Communications Corporation today announced that it is offering its newly introduced Mosaic Netscape(TM) network navigator free to...
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Mosaics: art for all ages.(THE HOME FORUM)
Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor; 11/20/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...stunning, colorful mosaics among the ruins. The "Alexander Mosaic" from Pompeii...experimented with mosaic sculptures and free-standing mosaics, using all kinds...of-a-kind mosaics she creates. Can you think of a mosaic design you'd...
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Installing mosaics: success with a sometimes challenging art form.(usage of mosaics )
Magazine article from: Stone World; 2/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...work with various mosaic materials. Each type of material used in mosaics has different properties...joints found in most mosaics. Unsanded grout...the surface of the mosaic pieces. An acrylic...successfully installing mosaics is to match the installation...with the type of mosaic ...
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Mosaic Mapping Corporation Enters Letter Of Intent To Acquire Airborne Lidar Solutions Inc. And Proposed Private Placement.
News Wire article from: Canadian Corporate News; 5/22/2003; 700+ words
; ...CCNMatthews via COMTEX) Mosaic Mapping Corporation (TSXV...remote sensing experience to the Mosaic organization. ALSI management...basis, add significantly to Mosaics overall revenue outlook. Concurrent...appointed as a director of Mosaic. Ian F. Carwardine, Mosaic...
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Mosaic, in a word
Newspaper article from: Courier News (Elgin, IL); 6/18/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...manufactured for mosaic artwork. During the Fifth Century, mosaics were popular and...ceilings. Roman mosaics were usually used...glass and ceramic in mosaics during the 8th Century...The popularity of mosaic declined during the...
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Mosaic Communications offers new network navigator free on the Internet.(Mosaic Netscape)
Magazine article from: Information Today; 12/1/1994; 700+ words
; Mosaic Communications Corporation is offering its newly introduced Mosaic Netscape network navigator free to users via the Internet...led by Silicon Graphics founder Jim Clark and NCSA Mosaic creator Marc Andreessen, is available immediately...
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Mosaic Group Acquires US-Based Paradigm Direct for US$102 Million.
News Wire article from: Canadian Corporate News; 11/29/2000; 700+ words
; TORONTO, Nov 16, 2000 Mosaic Group Inc., (TSE: MGX), Canada...services, insurances and home services. Mosaic will pay initial cash and share consideration...estimated consolidated revenues for Mosaic in the 2001 fiscal year are expected...
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Mosaics Move Off the Wall and Onto the Table
Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune; 8/2/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...the former show is on mosaic in contemporary design...and Byzantine Church mosaics, has been the epicenter of the renaissance of mosaic, but Vicenza and Spilimbergo...nibbling at them and as wall mosaics, which reached their...the shows demonstrate, mosaic has decidedly come off...
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Mosaic Announces Restructuring of Phosphates Business.
PR Newswire; 5/2/2006; 700+ words
; ...May 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Mosaic Company announced today plans to close indefinitely...Florida. The three facilities affected by Mosaic's restructuring actions, which rank as Mosaic's highest cost Florida operations, will...
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mosaic
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
mosaic , art of arranging...ornament. Ancient Mosaics In Egypt and Mesopotamia...medieval marble and mosaic floors with geometric...remarkable figural mosaics were set into the walls...From the 13th cent., mosaic in Italy and Sicily...
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SIC 1743 Terrazzo, Tile, Marble, and Mosaic Work
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Industries
...SIC 1743 TERRAZZO, TILE, MARBLE, AND MOSAIC WORK This category covers special trade...and install ceramic tile, marble, and mosaic, and those that mix marble particles...235430 (Tile, Marble, Terrazzo and Mosaic Contractors) Terrazzo, tiles, marble...
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Tobacco Mosaic Virus (TMV)
Book article from: World of Microbiology and Immunology
Tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) Tobacco mosaic virus (TMV), also known as tobamovirus, is a rod-shaped...ribonucleic acid ( RNA ) surrounded by a coat of protein that causes mosaic-like symptoms in plants. Mosaic-like symptoms are characterized...
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Alexander Mosaic
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art
Alexander Mosaic. A floor mosaic ( c. 100 bc, Archaeological Mus...composition, and one of the finest mosaics to survive (albeit substantially...by Philoxenos of Eretria, and the mosaic is probably modelled on this lost...
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mosaics
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible
mosaics Pictures formed by inserting small pieces...all images of God. But some examples of mosaic work were discovered at Masada from the...best Christian examples of the art are the mosaics in several churches in and near Ravenna...
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